双语环球：学步儿童也爱iPhone

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　　Jane M. Healy, an educational psychologist in Vail, Colo. said: “Any parent who thinks a spelling program is educational for that age is missing the whole idea of how the preschool brain grows。科罗拉多州维尔镇的一位教育心理学家简•M•希里说：“任何认为拼写节目对这一年龄段儿童有教育意义的父母都是不懂学前儿童大脑是如何发育的。”

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　　What children need at that age is whole body movement, the manipulation of lots of objects and not some opaque technology. You’re not learning to read by lining up the letters in the word ‘cat.’ You’re learning to read by understanding language, by listening。那个年龄段的小孩所需要的是全身的运动，能够把玩各种东西，而不是掌握一些难懂的技术。你不是通过排列单词cat里的字母来学习阅读，而是通过理解语言、通过听来学习阅读。