Today’s Activity: An OLSAT and Stanford-Binet Test Question Brought to Life By My Dogs #1
A very common question that appears on the OLSAT test assesses your child’s language and memory skills. He is shown a picture of three dogs (for example). One is named Boo, One is named Ga Ga, and the other is named Luna. The child is told that Boo enjoys chasing cats. Ga Ga enjoys eating bugs. Luna enjoys digging. Then the child is asked, what does Ga Ga enjoy? What does Luna enjoy? What does Boo enjoy? The child has to listen carefully because the question can’t be repeated (since receptive language and memory skills are being assessed).
In this video, my dogs (and their friend, Honey) act out an OLSAT test question. As your child watches this video, read the words to him. [Pay close attention because they aren't on the screen too long - that's a test for you!] Then, ask him the questions below to see if he was paying attention. To make this a Stanford-Binet type question, watch the video together and read the words to the story. Then ask your child to tell you in her own words what happened in the story. “Tell me more?” “What else?” The actual images on an OLSAT and Stanford-Binet question are static versus the moving images on this video. On the Stanford-Binet, the child has to interpret the image without any words being read to her. But doing this activity with your child will build the same underlying skill sets needed for both tests.
1. How many dogs were in this video?
2. What is the black dog’s name?
3. What is the name of the dog that wants to turn circles?
4. What does Bronco want to do?
5. What does Olive want to do?
6. What does Honey want to do?
This is a funny game. My son loves it.
My Kids love your dogs!!!! What a fun way to help them observe. We now watch the videos just for fun! Thank you.