[判断题]The work in the kindergarten includes story retelling, drawing, singing and studying.

[判断题]The work in the kindergarten includes story retelling, drawing, singing and studying.

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About Story Reader
Parents dearly hope their children learn to read well. They also hope their children learn to read quickly and easily, so that they’re ready for the demands put on them by school and the world.
Kids want to learn how to read, but they also crave entertainment, whether it’s quiet and passive or dynamic and interactive. The aims of the Story Reader line of electronic books are to entertain children and to introduce them to the process of learning how to read in a gentle and enjoyable way. In this article, we’ll show you how Story Reader works and if it accomplishes that goal.
Story Reader is a compact, roughly 12-inch-by-12-inch plastic case (with a canting handle) that opens to reveal an actual book that fits snugly into the Reader itself. Story Reader’s core feature is that it "reads" the book aloud to a child as he follows along. The child turns the pages when prompt
A. to entertain and teach children
B. to play with the child
C. to ease the parents’ burden
D. to ease the teachers’ burden

[填空题]A. From the time they met in kindergarten until they were 15, Robin Shreeves and her friend Penny were inseparable. They rode bikes, played kickball in the street, swam all summer long and listened to music on the stereo. They told each other secrets like which boys they thought were cute, as best friends always do.
B. Today, Ms. Shreeves, of suburban Philadelphia, is the mother of two boys. Her 10-year-old has a best friend. In fact, he is the son of Ms. Shreeves’s own friend, Penny. But Ms. Shreeves’s younger son, 8, does not. His favorite playmate is a boy who was in his preschool class, but Ms. Shreeves says that the two don’t get together very often because scheduling play dates can be complicated; they usually have to be planned a week or more in advance. "He’ll say, ’ I wish I had someone I can always call, ’" Ms. Shreeves said.
C. One might be tempted to feel some sympathy for the younger son. After all, from Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn to Harry Potter and Ron Weasle

[单项选择]It might seem odd to think of pre-kindergarten toddlers as students in need of teachers, but the latest research suggests that some form of instruction may help children to better prepare for school.
Nina Chien, a post doctoral researcher in pediatrics at the University of California San Diego found that children who were left to engage in free play in pre-kindergarten centers showed the least improvement in reading and math skills after one year compared with the children who benefited from some form of teacher instruction. The free play groups were provided with educational toys designed to stimulate their creative and cognitive processes, but they still learned up to two fewer alphabet letters and three fewer numbers than those who worked with teachers. Overall, when the children reached kindergarten, their teachers rated them up to 96% lower on language and literacy skills compared to their classmates.
Chien based her study on 701 state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in
A. free-play was proved not as effective as we imagined previously
B. free-play was very popular in children’s early education
C. the role of educational materials in kids’ growth was beneficial
D. the teachers should instruct children how to choose and play with educational materials

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Kindergarten students are typically four or five years of age. In class, they are introduced to the alphabet, numbers, and colours; they study their bodies, their families, and their communities; they listen to stories read aloud; they make art projects; and they learn about holidays, plants, animals, and other topics in science and social studies. Some kindergartens also teach introductory reading and mathematical skills. Kindergartens tend to offer children a foundation for the development of social skills, self-confidence, motivation, and the process of learning.
The first kindergarten was started by German educator Friedrich Froebel in 1837 in Blankenburg, Prussia (now part of German). Froebel chose the German term kindergarten (children’s garden) because he intended children in his school to grow as freely as flowers in a garden. Froebel’s kindergarten was based on the then idea that children’s play was significant. At the time, almost no children u
A. An introduction to kindergartens.
B. The origins of the kindergarten.
C. The foundation of the kindergarten.
D. The development of the kindergarten.

[单项选择]Several children in a kindergarten class have been treated for pinworm. To prevent the spread of pinworm, the school nurse meets with the parents and explains that they should（）
A. tell the children not to bite their fingernails.
B. not let children share hairbrushes.
C. tell the children to cover their mouths and noses when they cough or sneeze.
D. have their children immunized.