{"id":43191,"date":"2024-05-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/?p=43191"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:00:12","slug":"ways-to-test-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/ways-to-test-your-child\/","title":{"rendered":"5+ Quick and Easy Ways to Test Your Child (Without a Test)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Formal assessments can be painfully stressful for students. Try these practical, quick, and easy ways to test your child without formal tests. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke to my best friend last week. As we caught up on life, she told me that she might need to jump off the phone because her daughter was having a tough time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I asked why, her answer surprised me. “She has an important math test tomorrow, and she’s worried she doesn’t know the concepts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her sweet little girl is in the first<\/em> grade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend handles this type of thing exceptionally well. Although her children are in an extremely competitive public school district, she consistently reinforces to them that she is not worried about test scores. She values their hearts above all else and seeks to cultivate their strengths<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She realizes – and tries to express to her children – that testing is just part of education these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my oldest son was in public school many years ago, we experienced the same stress regarding tests. In second grade, he once came home worried because he had state testing the next day. His teacher had told the class they needed to eat eggs for breakfast the next day, so they had the protein to fuel their brains for the test period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He started to sob as he relayed this to me. “I don’t like eggs. I don’t want to eat eggs, but I need to do well on this test.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eggs, y’all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is that tests can be stressful even for the best, most confident students.<\/p>\n\n\n