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Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification Reviews
Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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BY THE AGE OF 5, MOST CHILDREN IN AMERICA WILL TAKE SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENCE TEST.
Whether your child is going to a private kindergarten or a public school, he or she will most likely be tested—and placed in classrooms according to those results. But information about intelligence tests is closely guarded, and it can be difficult to understand what your kids need to know.
As an expert who has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to work with their own children, Karen Quinn has written the ultimate guide to preparing your child for kindergarten testing. The activities she suggests are not about "teaching to the test." They are about having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses.
From the "right" way to have a conversation to natural ways to bring out your child’s inner math geek, Quinn shares the techniques that every parent can do with their kids to give them the best chance to succeed in school and beyond. It’s just good parenting—and better test scores are icing on the cake.
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Review by Amy Rebecca Lowe for Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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As a mom of a young preschooler in Los Angeles, where the competition for the best public programs is fierce, I had been feeling helpless and intimidated about how to navigate the system and make sure my son gets the best opportunities. Then this book crossed my radar.
I found it pitch-perfect in terms of demystifying the process, giving me plenty of very specific info in a conversational, easy-to-absorb format. I also applaud the humor and sense of balance – we all think our kids are special and daydream about what they’ll achieve someday, but we don’t want to push them too hard and rob them of the joys of just being a kid. I found it really reassuring that I’m already doing plenty right – and empowering to know what I can be doing in the months ahead to keep the ball rolling.
I highly recommend it.
Review by T. Woods for Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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Read this book and do what Ms. Quinn says. Otherwise, think hard before you decide to jump on the “teaching to the test” bandwagon. I can’t imagine any of my children wanting to go along with the silly, micky mouse activities Ms. Quinn proposes. If you choose to follow her recommendations, your children will learn soon enough that when you play with them, you have a hidden agenda, and that is to mold them into people who can tolerate conventional institutional schools. Your children will pick up on your insecurities and your lack of support for their own learning preferences. Any time you pick up a book that makes you feel that your children are at risk if you don’t coerce them into doing stupid activities that are completely unnecessary for them to succeed in life, you are setting yourself up for a very unhealthy relationship with them; one fraught with power struggles, resentments, and emotional distance.
When I showed this book to our oldest daughter, 13, she hurt herself laughing. It’s a joke.
Your children are not “behind” if they would rather watch sticks float downstream than count marbles. Testing is all about conformity. Run, don’t walk, away from this book. It feeds off of your fears instead of offering you support for truly doing what is best for your children. That being, standing up for their rights as human beings to be treated with respect and love.
Review by Crumbysmom for Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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This a must have book for parents of small children. Whether your child is going to go to private, public or home school this book provides valuable information to help them become better readers, learners and problem solvers for the rest of their lives. Karen Quinn gives the reader a wonderful breakdown of what type of information your child will need to be familiar with in order to do well on several of the most common tests used for admissions. The information is presented in a way that is easy to follow and understand. The author makes the information extremely assessable and her humor keeps things light and enjoyable. Which is saying a lot because talking about testing 4 year olds to help determine their education route can be overwhelming and stressful. The book made me feel much better about the process and helped me understand some of the concepts my son will need to know for admissions testing and school.
Testing for Kindergarten gives you information on how to get your child ready so that they can test and get accpeted into the school of your choice. But it goes way beyond that. It describes in detail what skills your child will need in school and beyond to love learning. The book gives tons of examples, websites, book titles and games to create an optimal learning environment that is fun. I think this book is great for parents, teachers and any else interested in creating kids who love to learn. A helpful book that I am sure that I will reach for time and time again.
A+++++
Review by Kathy for Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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This book not only sheds light on the abilities and skills tested for admission to or placement in kindergarten, but offers hundreds of suggestions for low or no cost activities to entertain and teach your child. Most of the activities require little more than an active imagination. We have already tried a few of the recommended games and my preschooler gave them a thumbs-up. Even my older child wanted to get in on the games. The book also suggests fun educational products and games that you can buy separately that also help teach skills needed for early school success and readiness. I would recommend this book not only to parents, but to babysitters, daycare providers and early education teachers. This is a good read even if you have no intention of having your child sit for any of the standardized tests required for admission to private or selective public kindergarten. Well worth the price!
Review by Valerie for Testing for Kindergarten: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests for: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification
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Testing for Kindergarten takes all the mystery (and hence most of the anxiety) out of the ERB and other intelligence tests given to young children. It provides lots and lots of information about what exactly is on the tests, and even more interestingly, distills all of the tests down to a handful of specific skill sets. I’m not the kind of mom who obsesses about getting her children into the “right” school but neither do I want them to enter school at a disadvantage. This book makes me feel more empowered to do what I can to help prepare them. Buy this book. You won’t be disappointed.
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