My 4-year-old is getting ready to head to preschool in the fall. Before he can enter preschool he has to take the DIAL test. Basically, the DIAL test just checks for learning disabilites and to make sure you child is developmentally appropriate for his/her age.
The night before the test we were quizzing the youngest and asking him questions he would be asked. We knew a few of the questions because our oldest had been DIAL tested a few years ago. We knew we needed to quiz him on parts of his body; Where are your eyes? Where is your wrist? Where are your knuckles? I told my husband not to quiz him too much or he won't get into PreK! (Hahaha!) Well about that time, the youngest was quizing himself on his body parts and the next thing we hear is "Where are your balls?" and "Where is your butt?" And he points to the appropriate places. I just looked at him and shook my head and looked at my husband who quick wittedly replied, "He'll get in!"
So it was the day of DIAL testing and the youngest did awesome and minded his Ps and Qs and answered questions appropriately. One of the questions he was asked was, "What do you do when you walk into a room and the light is off?" Silly question right? Actually this question is just asked to test a child's logical thinking skills. My youngest answered the question with, "You go to sleep!" I thought that was pretty cute, but it was not the "right" answer. They were looking for "turn the light on." My neighbor who also had her child tested was asked the same question and her answer was, "I go get my Dad!"
When all was said and done my youngest tested great! We should find out in a couple weeks if he gets into PreK! Sure hope he minds his Ps and Qs in PreK or not so I can have some new material to blog about! :)
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