Is early childhood education
really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning
through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory,
communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern
of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they
are old enough for kindergarten.
There are good reasons for the
government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who
did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing
failure in school, and even in life.Further studies
show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared
for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less
likely to receive public help or go to prison.
There are also negative parts to
putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online
explains that “the younger the child the less
his chances of catching up with first-grade work.” I have personally witnessed many
children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and
bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure
that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they
push to start children earlier.
Actually while early formal
education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years,
studies also show that this head start is really a “false
start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high
school years.It
seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its
original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.
1.The purpose of the government valuing the
early childhood education is ________.
A.to develop the children’s communication
B.to give orphaned children good care and
education
C.to get the children prepared for the
kindergarten
D.to train the children formally and regularly
2.According to the studies, which of the
following is True?
A.Children with good early education may have a
rich life.
B.The orphaned children are usually unhappy in
their life.
C.Children without early education can do well
at school.
D.Head Start programs are helpful to the poor
children.
3.The underlined part suggests that _________.
A.the early childhood education is helpless to
the child’s grade
B.it is good for the young children to receive
early education
C.the early education can help the children
follow the grade
D.the younger the children are, the cleverer
they will be
4.The author’s
attitude toward the early childhood education is _________.
A.puzzling B.negative C.indifferent
D.approving
5.The main idea of the last passage is that
__________.
A.the early childhood education is very
necessary
B.Head Start programs have helped the children
a lot
C.environment is the most important to life’s success
D.better ways should be
found to help the poor children