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Smarter than a 4-year-old? Questions for entry into elite Kindergarten

Are you smarter than a 4-year-old? Questions for entry into elite Kindergarten classes in New York City (of course!). Tens of thousands of kids in New York City take the gifted and talented test each year in January and February…no, not for high school or even middle school but for entry into Kindergarten. Yes, the city that never sleeps has parents in panic mode as their child competes for a coveted spot into one these elite Kindergarten classes. Think Harvard is hard to get into? Think again. Your child has a a better chance to get admitted into Harvard than into one of these Kindergartens in the most cut-throat city in the world.  Here are a few sample questions from the NNAT-2 and OLSAT that they expect a 4-year-old to answer. What if your 4-year-old can’t fill in the little bubble sheet? Don’t worry, the child only needs to be able to point to the correct answer. If a child earns a seat into the G&T program parents can save over $40,000 year in tuition for a top-tier private school Kindergarten class since the New York City gifted and talented program is free to city dwellers.

 

Are you smarter than a 4-year-old?

So, are you smarter than a 4-year-old? Find out below!

 

 

Question: Look at the squares on top. They go together in a certain way. Choose the square among the answer choices that goes in the empty space because it belongs with the square(s) on the bottom the same way the squares on top belong together Answer: C

 

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Here’s a practice question for the OLSAT test. These are tough for many adults to answer and they expect a 4-year-old to know this information. The OLSAT test not only measures a child’s cognitive skills but also helps determine how well a child listens and how long of an attention span. After 30 of these questions any person’s (child or adult) head would be spinning and little to no attention given to the person reading the question out loud. When preparing for the OLSAT test, a mom or dad needs to really focus on the child’s listening skills and also try to have the child sit still for a longer period of time. Good luck trying to get your 4-year-old sit still for that long.

Question: Grandma needs 7 apples to make applesauce. She has the number of apples you see in the first box in the row. Point to the box that shows how many more apples she needs for her recipe. Answer: 4th box

 

Here’s another sample question for the OLSAT test that they ask 4-year-old to answer. The OLSAT test evaluates the child’s learning abilities and skills. This particular test determines comprehension and reasoning, thinking skills, math based reasoning, quantitative reasoning and verbal comprehension. –

Question: Milton was so hungry after baseball practice that he ate the 4 hotdogs you see in the first box. His brother, Biff, ate 2 hotdogs. Point to the box that shows how many more hotdogs Milton ate than Biff. Answer: 2

Watch Alyssa in the video below answer some tough questions for the New York City Gifted and Talented test:

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