New Website Helps Children Prepare for Chidon Tests
A new free website, level613.com, is helping children find out whether they really know their Chidon units, with more than 20,000 questions across all five books and a dashboard that shows parents exactly where their child stands • Full Story
For most children in the Chidon HaMitzvos, learning the units is not the hardest part. Knowing whether they really know them is. A child can read a unit three times and still not be sure, and each unit has only a few practice questions, which are used up after one sitting.
Beyond that, the only way to be tested has been to ask a parent, who first has to learn the material and then find time to sit with each child, often with several children on different units and different levels.
The new site, which opened two weeks ago, was built to fill that gap. Since then, hundreds of children have used it to get ready for the first test of the year, on Beis Kislev.
“When one of my kids was doing the Chidon, I spent a lot of time testing them on every unit,” Yaakov, a Chidon parent, said. “Once a second child started, it became very hard. I wanted my kids to be able to test themselves, and I wanted to see where they stood without having to be there the whole time.”
The site offers more than 20,000 questions across all five books, written from the books themselves and covering every unit at each of the four Chidon levels: Yesod, Yediah, Havonah and Iyun.
Every question comes from a specific place in the book, so after each quiz, the missed questions show exactly where the gaps are. A parent does not need to prepare anything to know what their child needs to review. Children practice on their own, on a phone, tablet or computer.
Each child has a dashboard that shows the whole book at a glance, unit by unit and track by track. Green marks what has been mastered, yellow what is close and red what needs more work. A countdown shows how many days are left before the next test, and a parent view shows how ready each child is for it.
“My kids actually enjoy studying for the Chidon now,” said Rochel, a mother of five from Crown Heights. “They like testing themselves, and they feel good going back over what they’ve learned. I don’t have to push them to review anymore.”
To sign up, a parent makes a free family account at level613.com and adds a profile for each child, a process that takes about a minute. Every page has a feedback button, so families can send a comment or idea anytime while they use the site.
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