Help at home · Non-Verbal Reasoning
How to help with Non-Verbal Reasoning at home
Shapes, patterns, rotations, reflections and nets, with things from around the house. Pick a topic for a short note you can read in two minutes and use tonight.
Non-Verbal Reasoning topics
How to explain rotations
Your child picks which option is the same figure turned round, not flipped over like a mirror image.
How to explain reflections
Your child finds the mirror image of a figure in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal mirror line.
How to explain odd one out
Four figures share something and your child finds the one figure that doesn't fit.
How to explain cube nets
Your child looks at a flat net with symbols on its squares and picks the cube it would make when folded.
How to explain codes
Each figure has a letter code where each letter stands for one feature, and your child writes the code for a new figure.
How to explain series
Your child looks at a row of boxes where figures change step by step and picks the one that comes next.
How to explain matrices
Your child looks at a grid of figures with one square missing and picks the figure that completes the pattern.
How to explain analogies
The first figure changes into the second; your child makes the same change to a third figure and picks the result.
Know which topics to work on
Academy11+ marks every paper by topic and shows the right home-help note next to each topic your child finds hard.