Third grade is a benchmark year for kids in the primary grades, and students and teachers alike feel that a bit. There is an age-old saying that until the third grade children learn to read and after the third grade children read to learn. From the fourth grade onwards, the focus shifts from learning abilities […]
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Every child should learn to code if we want to prepare them for success. Coding develops their logical and math skills and helps acquire valuable aptitude and problem-solving skills that will help them across the breadth of their life. Learning to code is crucial for several reasons, and all schools should have coding as a
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In this game, there will be two players – Player 1 and Player 2. If the total number of turns is 10, then Player 1 will roll the dice until either the number of turns completes 10 or until Player 1 rolls number 1 on the dice. Player 2 will then resume rolling the dice
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Gifted testing starts early, as early as Kindergarten, but testing children as young as two is largely not considered necessary and accurate. Gifted testing is considered more accurate between the ages six and nine. In an assessment, a trained professional uses their expertise and experience to work out the best test for your child. The
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What is the NWEA MAP Test? The NorthWest Evaluation Association is a not-for-profit research organization that creates assessments for K-12 students. The NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a growth test designed to measure academic growth and progress of K-12 students in core subject areas. The NWEA MAP test measures the proficiency of students
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Intelligence Quotient or Cognitive Assessment tests (IQ tests) are used to determine a child’s learning capability by identifying their cognitive strengths and weaknesses. They largely test a child’s reasoning skills, working memory, speed of thought, comprehension, and visual and spatial thinking. When interpreted in tandem with other aspects such as school performance, artistic ability, and
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Financial Literacy is important for kids. Learning how to manage money is something that schools don’t teach, and it is something that parents too often think that it is not necessary for children to learn about money. This leads to a lot of people growing out of their teenage and college years and entering the
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Today, hard-drives or hard-disks store an incredible amount of data. I remember when I did my computer-science engineering, my hard-disk was 2GB and my RAM was 32MB. Today, in the 3.5 inch disk, we store tera bytes of data – that is how fast things have changed in two decades. Below is a Seagate hard-drive
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What is the OLSAT? Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® (OLSAT) is a reasoning test for K-12 school children that independent school districts conduct to assess the eligibility for the gifted and talented programs in schools. This test is similar to the CogAT ®, which again is a reasoning test that schools conduct for entry into the
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According to a study published by Common Sense Media, approximately 53% of children use a smartphone by age 11. The study also found that children between the ages of 8 to 12 years old spend around five hours per day in front of a screen. Today, children are spending more and more time unsupervised in
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