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Bright Kids NYC's $300 ERB Workbook

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Bright Kids NYC publishes a comprehensive workbook that prepares children for kindergarten ERB testing. Their workbook offers 220 practice questions, covering all sections of the ERB or WPPSI-III test. It is about half the size ...

First Day of School - Kindergarten Test Preparation

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

A common question that appears on Stanford-Binet test assesses your child's thinking, memory, and expressive language skills. This test is often used across the country to qualify children for gifted and talented or GATE program ...

Is My Child Slow?

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

In Testing For Kindergarten, I talk a lot about where a child should be developmentally at age 3, 4, and 5. So often, as parents, we wonder if our child is developing the way he ...

OLSAT and Stanford-Binet Test Preparation

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

A common question that appears on Stanford-Binet test assesses your child's thinking, memory, and expressive language skills. This test is often used across the country to qualify children for gifted and talented or GATE program ...

Testing For Kindergarten Review

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

By the age of 5, almost every child in America will have been given some kind of IQ test. Whether a parent plans to send their child to a private school, a competitive (and free) ...

Getting Into Preschool In New York City

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Getting Into Preschool In New York City As a former admissions advisor in Manhattan, it was harder to get children into nursery school than any other entry point. The most popular NYC preschools are still ...

Choose the Right Preschool: Montessori, Progressive, Traditional, Waldorf or Reggio Emilia

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Preschool Admissions - Montessori, Progressive, Traditional, Waldorf and Reggio Emilia - Which Program is Right For Your Child? Types of Schools From Which to Choose When I sent my daughter to nursery school, I wanted ...

Testing For Kindergarten Review

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Before you go out and buy expensive IQ test prep materials from companies such as Aristotle Circle, Bright Kids NYC, or Kindergarten Test Study System, you might want to take a look at Testing For ...

Kindergarten Testing Study System Review

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Kindergarten Test Study System publishes a series of 7 red folders containing test prep materials that get children ready to take the OLSAT test for admissions to gifted and talented or GATE programs. Their materials ...

Bright Kids NYC OLSAT Workbook Review

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Bright Kids NYC offers a test prep workbook that get children ready to take the OLSAT test for admissions to gifted and talented or GATE programs. Their workbook offers 200 practice questions, covering all sections ...

Aristotle Circle's $500 Workbook Review

By Karen Quinn · 13 years ago

Aristotle Circle publishes a comprehensive workbook to prepare children for kindergarten testing. Their workbook offers 450 practice questions, covering all sections of the ERB or WPPSI-III test. Aristotle Circle's workbook is the Rolls Royce of ...