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As many of you know, NYC gifted and talented testing starts today! (Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013). It’s hard to believe that another year of the New York City gifted testing has arrived. This year, the BSRA test (aka Bracken School Readiness Assessment) has been replaced with the much more difficult NNAT-2 test that uses progressive matrices when the child is testing. The NNAT test (Naglieri Non-verbal abilities test) was designed for a culturally neutral evaluation of a child’s nonverbal reasoning and general problem-solving ability, regardless of the primary language, culture or socioeconomic status.
We’ll see if this change to the Naglieri test has an impact on the number of students qualifying for a coveted seat in the New York City gifted and talented program.
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Hi present and future G&T parents in NYC! The OLSAT test and Bracken test for NYC gifted and talented program begins in just 3 short weeks! It’s time to get your son or daughter ready with OLSAT practice test questions for the upcoming exams as we head into the January sprint.
As a reminder, the NYC DOE posted the dates of the exam on their web site.
- January 10-March 4, 2011: OLSAT/BSRA testing at school sites for public school students
- January 8, 9, 22, 23, 29 & 30; February 5, 6, 12, & 13, 2011: OLSAT/BSRA testing at selected sites for non‐public school children
- May 2011: Score reports and applications with available G&T sites communicated to eligible students
- Late May 2011: Applications Due
- June 2011: Placement offers communicated to families; families accept/decline placement offers
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I had the pleasure of reviewing the most recent edition to Aristotle’s Circle fine collection of workbooks for the OLSAT test for kindergarten and pre-K. We’ll also be posting video reviews on TestingMom.com in a few weeks so stay tuned! These are by far the best OLSAT test prep books I’ve seen and are so well done I don’t even know where to begin but I’ll try anyway. First of all, Aristotle Circle’s staff members are the masters of organizing the information in an easy to understand format for parents who know nothing about these tests (the way I was 2 years ago!). (more…)
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I’ve been religiously checking every day for OLSAT test updates and the NYC DOE just posted gifted and talented testing dates and information on the DOE site.
Also, if you’d like 6 FREE OLSAT test prep questions for the NYC gifted and talented program let me know and I’ll email you the link on how to retrieve them. These are OLSAT sample questions from a new OLSAT test prep book that was just released a few short weeks ago. Email me for details: skipper646@gmail.com. Thanks – Michael (more…)
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You can now get free OLSAT sample questions from the NYC gifted and talented program test prep book. This will help prep your pre-k, kindergarten and first grade students for the NYC gifted and talented program testing.
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Email me at skipper646@gmail.com and I’ll send you 6 free OLSAT sample questions so you can check it prior to buying the book.
Other items on Amazon.com for OLSAT practice test:
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Kindergarten
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Grade 1 – first grade
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Grade 2 – second grade
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Grade 3 – third grade
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Grade 4 – fourth grade
- OLSAT Prep Bundle for Grade 5 and 6 – fifth and sixth grade
Age: 3 Subject: Mathematics
Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 1
Age: 4 Subject: Mathematics
Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 2
Grade: PreK Subject: Mathematics
Beginning Mathematical Reasoning: Developing Math & Thinking Skills, Ages 3 & 4
Grade: K Subject: Mathematics
Mathematical Reasoning Through Verbal Analysis: Level A
Ages: 3-4 Subject: Critical Thinking
BUILDING THINKING SKILLS BEGINNING
Grades: PreK-1 Subject: Critical Thinking
Visual Perceptual Skill Building, Book 1
Grades: PreK-K Subject: Critical Thinking
Mind Benders Beginning Book 1 (PreK-K)
Grade: PreK Subject: Critical Thinking
Thinker Doodles, Clues and Choose Beginning Book
Ages: 3-4 Alphabet & Number Puzzles w/Activities
Alphabet & Number Puzzles w/Activities
Grades: PreK-2 Subject: Language Arts
Dr. Dooriddles Associative Reasoning Activities: Book A-1
For Kindergarten
Can You Find Me?: Building Thinking Skills in Reading, Math, Science & Social Studies K-1 (Bright Minds series)
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Critical Thinking
Building Thinking Skills- Critical Thinking skills for reading, writing, math, science (Level 1(Grades 2-3)
Grades: 2-3 CD
Subject: Critical Thinking
Building Thinking Skills Level 1
Grade: 2
Subject: Mathematics
Mathematical Reasoning, Level C (Mathematical Reasoning)
Grades: 2-5
Subject: Critical Thinking
What Would You Do?, Book 1
Grade: 2
Subject: Language Arts
Language Smarts, Level C (Gr 2)
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Language Arts
Vocabulary Smarts Book 1
Grade: 2
Subject: Mathematics
Complete the Picture Math Book 2
Grades: 2-4
Subject: Critical Thinking
Organizing Thinking: Book One : Graphic Organizers
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Mathematics
Math Ananlogies
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Language Arts
Spelling DooRiddles, Book A1
Grades: PreK-2
Subject: Language Arts
Dr. Dooriddles Associative Reasoning Activities: Book A-1
Grades: PreK-2
Subject: Language Arts
Dr. DooRiddles, Book A2: Associative Reasoning Activities
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Language Arts
Dr. DooRiddles, Book A3: Associated Reasoning Activities
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Mathematics
Scratch Your Brain: Clever Math Ticklers
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Critical Thinking
Visual Perceptual Skill Building, Book 2
Grades: 1-3
Subject: Science
Developing Critical Thinking Through Science/Book 1 Grade 1-3
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Critical Thinking
Dr. Funster’s Think-A-Minutes A1: Fast, Fun Brainwork for Higher Grades and Top Test Scores
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Critical Thinking
Dr. Funster’s Think-A-Minutes, Level B Book 2
Grades: 2-3
Subject: Critical Thinking
Visual Perceptual Skill Building Book 2
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Below are some fun and games you can play with your gifted and talented students to prepare children for gifted and talented tests. This will ease the pressure during OLSAT / ERB exam prep sessions while still reinforcing the items on these tests in a fun and interactive way. These aren’t OLSAT practice tests but do provide the same critical thinking skills needed to do well on the OLSAT / ERB exams given for NYC gifted and talented program testing.
Mighty Mind Games – These come highly recommended by test prep givers for OLSAT and ERB exams for NYC gifted and talented program. Our child LOVES these and wakes up every morning wanting us to ask questions from the Brain Quest series. The Brain Quest series is great for travel and makes the time go by fast on an airplane. Depending on your child’s level we’ve found the Brain Quest series for ages 6-7 grade 1 to be appropriate for our kindergartener age 5. Some of the questions are difficult (even for adults!). 
Mighty Mind Aquarium Adventure
Mighty Mind Little Planner MightyMind Game Ages 3-6 (1-4 children)
Brain Quest Games and Workbooks for Gifted and Talented Program in NYC. The Brain Quest items also come highly recommended by tutoring experts for the NYC gifted and talented program for OLSAT 8 and ERB.
Brain Quest Workbook: Kindergarten
Brain Quest Kindergarten
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I ran across this video “Getting In….Kindergarten” that really gives insights to the NYC parent mentality for the gifted and talented program. This is about 10 minutes long and features 3 families and their efforts to get into the gifted and talented program for NYC schools. From OLSAT test prep to ERB and even more stringent guideline to getting into Hunter for gifted and talentd.
We moved here from out of state so navigating the NYC school system, especially for gifted and talented program can be well, quite a challenge that can easily turn into a obsession. We try to explain the gifted and talented testing process to friends and family outside of NYC and they just don’t get it. I suppose I wouldn’t get it either unless I lived here. From renting an apartment to getting groceries to going to kindergarten…to say the least, it’s a whole new world in NYC – especially with the NYC gifted and talented program. (more…)
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Although the following books aren’t specifically designed for the OLSAT tests given for the gifted and talented program in New York City we’ve found them very valuable in preparing our child for repetitive tasks for math, vocabulary and arts and craft projects. These Kumon books are very well structured and you’ll be sure your child knows the content inside and out by the time you’re through. The books helped provide a baseline of tasks for a child to get in OLSAT test prep mode for the gifted and talented placement exams for the New York City public school system. The books below are for mostly for ages 4-5-6 and these are very reasonably priced so you get a lot of bang for your buck by purchasing several of these workbooks to help prep your child for the OLSAT.
My First Book Of Uppercase Letters (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book Of Numbers 1-30 (Kumon Workbooks)
My First Book Of Tracing (Kumon Workbooks)
My First Book Of Cutting (Kumon Workbooks)
Kumon: My First Book of Lowercase Letters
My Book of Easy Mazes (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book of Telling Time: Learning About Minutes (Kumon Workbooks)
Let’s Fold! (Kumon First Steps Workbooks)
My Book of Writing Words: Learning about Consonants and Vowels (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book Of Number Games 1-70 (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book Of Number Games 1-150 (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book Of Rhyming Words (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book of Amazing Crafts (Kumon Workbooks)
My Book of Coloring: At the Zoo
