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Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:00 pm  |
In order to get into the private school down the street, my son Harrison (turned 4 on Dec 20), is taking a Gesell test in 2 weeks. This is for preK. Does anyone have any first hand experience with this...is there anything I need to make sure he can do...phone number..address..etc.
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:20 pm |
Wow!  Sorry I can't help with this but I can't even possibly imagine what they really expect a 4 year old that's never been in school before to actually know. The address/phone number thing is a good guess, but I can't imagine that constitues an actual test. I'm interested to know so when you find out, please let us know! |
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:45 pm |
I don't have first hand experience with the Gessell specifically but I did do a lot of diagnostic assessments for that age level and up in my previous job.
Don't panic about it b/c your son will sense that and it will make him nervous but things to focus on:
-he can name the colours when shown them
-names of letters even sounds
-how to hold a book (right side up) and open to the first page
- what 'beginning' means, middle means and end means in relation to reading a book
- work on sequencing events as in what comes first in a story, next, and last
-capital vs lower case letters
- being able to say if a mark is at the top,bottom, middle of a page
-look at a certain letter and be able to identify it in a row of 5 various letter
-basic number identification
Good luck! |
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Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:46 pm |
| Oh and I forgot- how to hold a pencil correctly |
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Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:18 am |
well, when they do the kindy testing (for the desirable kindies) in Japan they expect them to be able to even handle sissors and chopsticks!! I think some of the "western" oriented places expect them to be able to hold a crayon and also a fork and spoon.
When my former mother-in-law was doing developmental testing in young children they used to show them a picture and ask the child to make up a story based around the picture. (basically that was how they could tell if a child was read to frequently because children that were well read to were able to use their imagination to make up a story whereas kids who never got read to just came out with descriptive sentences)
Let us know what they do as it is very interesting. |
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Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:01 pm |
OMG, my 2 year old nephew can do most of that stuff....I knew he was more advanced than other kids his age...but wow.
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I don't have first hand experience with the Gessell specifically but I did do a lot of diagnostic assessments for that age level and up in my previous job.
Don't panic about it b/c your son will sense that and it will make him nervous but things to focus on:
-he can name the colours when shown them
-names of letters even sounds
-how to hold a book (right side up) and open to the first page
- what 'beginning' means, middle means and end means in relation to reading a book
- work on sequencing events as in what comes first in a story, next, and last
-capital vs lower case letters
- being able to say if a mark is at the top,bottom, middle of a page
-look at a certain letter and be able to identify it in a row of 5 various letter
-basic number identification
Good luck! |
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Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:10 pm |
Lianne: My 3 yr old daughter can too (and she could when she was 2). She has great verbal skills (can count to 80, spells some words, etc) and was very early at language skills BUT there is such a wide, wide range at this age that it doesn't really mean all that much if kids don't know it (or if they do it doesn't necessarily mean they will always be ahead). I don't want anyone reading this thinking their kids are behind if they don't know that stuff b/c that is not the case. I just mentioned some of the basics that they might be looking for.
Einstein didn't even talk at all until he was 4!!!! |
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Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:34 pm |
| what ever happened to childhood? kids are kids for a reason. |
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Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:40 pm |
lily...my nephew is the child of 2 teachers...I think that explains a lot of it. Too bad they can't get him potty trained yet.
childhood? I did play hide and go seek with him for 2 hours today  |
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Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:52 pm |
jamie630: I agree with you in terms of making sure kids have a "childhood" and they way they learn is through PLAY!
I am trained as a teacher but do not 'formally teach' my daughter, rather I really think that including those types of skills in her play is the most fun. I don't do flashcards or any type of memory or 'rote' learning. We just read and have fun!
For example, I don't have cable nor does my daughter watch videos (I know she'll watch tons of TV in her lifetime so I don't see any reason to start now as there is really not much she can learn from that that she cannot learn otherwise). BUT we spend so much time reading books, making up stories, playing outside. She would have me read to her all day long if I had the time.
We count when we go up stairs and say the names of the letters as we are driving. MY DAUGHTER is the one who initiates this. She asks what letter her name starts with, my name, her dad's name, etc., and what other words start with that letter. She also is amazing at rhyming but again she is the one who started this from what she read in 'Fox in Socks" and "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish".
She is also, obviously, a girl and girls tend to develop reading/language skills earlier than boys.
I think she could probably learn to read now (she asks how to spell certain words all the time) but I never push her as studies show that kids who were pushed to read early actually read less than kids who were not pushed to read and started reading later.
This is all so individual and really depends on what the child is ready for. I do not necessarily think that she will always be ahead in these skills, she just has been ready and open to learning these things now. It's like potty training- parents put so much empahsis on when it happens but all kids eventually learn it and end up in the same spot! |
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