With schools close in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak, most children must now be homeschooled. Parents have found themselves not only having to balance work and having the children at home but also having to try and teach them. How can you keep your children focused while learning?
Nicola Anderson--Head of Customer Support at the UK’s leading online tutoring service MyTutor, provides new, up-to-date tips to hearten parents at this difficult time and advises how they can structure their children’s days.
One is to keep to a regular timetable so it still feels like your child is taking part in the school day. Ms Anderson said: “Children of all ages do well on routine and boundaries; schools provide this in abundance and it will most children feel secure and happy if they can follow a similar timetable for their homeschooling.”
Another tip is to create an environment which is favorable to learning. She said:” The environment should be free from distractions and ideally near to an open window, to provide them with appropriate levels of fresh air and natural light. Some children find it comfortable and helpful to have quiet, instrumental music playing in the background to help them to focus, but this isn’t for everyone.”
Using technology to help with your child’s learning is also advised. Many schools are offering online classes and resources to help and companies are reducing or even not charging their fees during this time.
It is also important to keep physical exercise as a part of your routine. Joe Wicks, otherwise known as The Body Coach, has been keeping kids healthy with daily 10 minute workouts for children on his Youtube channel. Ms Anderson said:” It can be anything from running around the garden, walking the dog, a game of football or dancing around your living room!”
1.Who is the text intended for?
A.Student. B.Teachers.
C.Coaches. D.Parents.
2.What does the underlined word“this" in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Homeschooling. B.Tutoring service.
C.A regular timetable. D.Difficult time:
3.What may Nicola Anderson agree?
A.To allow children to adjust schedule freely.
B.To offer children peaceful study environment.
C.To recommend high-tech to online schools.
D.To combine routine with kids' mental heath.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.How to improve homeschooling efficiency.
B.How to obtain online learning resources.
C.How to study attentively at home.
D.How to design a proper schedule.
Recently, a scientist did some experiments. He left a group of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a candy. If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the candy. If, however, they didn’t ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two candies.
In the videos of the experiments, he can see the children hiding their eyes, trying to exercise self-control so they can wait and get two candies. The results are different. Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute. Others lasted 15 minutes.
The children who waited longer went on to get higher academic scores. They got into better colleges and had better adult success. The children who rang the bell quickest were more likely to have received worse teacher and parental evaluations (评价) 10 years later and were more likely to have drug problems at age 32.
The experiments are worth noting because people spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve education, and how to become rich. But when the result is not good, they will come back to ask “How do we get people to get the sort of self-control that leads to success?” This is to enter the world of human nature.
So these experiments, along with everyday experience, tell us that self-control is most important. Young people who can sit through sometimes boring classes to get a degree can work hard in order to learn a language well. They can avoid drugs and alcohol. For people without self-control skills, however, school is a series of failed and painful experience. No wonder they drop out and their later life is a group of foolish ideas, such as drug use, stealing and so on.
1.The scientist did some experiments to ________.
A.find good ways of training children to learn
B.show that children’s education is important
C.test children’s self-control and later success
D.test children’s intelligence of ringing the bell
2.What do the underlined words “broke down” probably mean?
A.failed to wait. B.kept waiting.
C.hid the candy. D.ate the candy.
3.How long did the scientist’s experiments last according to the text?
A.Just 15 minutes. B.Within 10 years.
C.Less than 14 years. D.About 28 years.
4.What will the children without self-control do at school according to the text?
A.They will improve their education.
B.They will suffer a lot from boring lessons.
C.They will become very rich and successful.
D.They will work hard to catch up with others.
In Canada you can find dogs,cats,horses,etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses，they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections（注射） so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores，though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses，they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal，you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad.
People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be：Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up，they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
1.The passage mainly talks about ________.
A.how to keep disease from pets B.pets in Canada
C.how to take good care of pets D.life of the old in Canada
2.They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ________.
A.the pets are sick
B.the pets are wild
C.they want to stop them from carrying disease
D.they want them to sleep on the way home
3.This passage shows that Canadians ________.
A.hate animals B.often kill animals
C.love animals D.don't keep pets inside houses
4.In Canada，children leave their parents when they grow up because ________
A.they don't love their parents any more
B.they can only find jobs far from their parents
C.their parents' houses are too small
D.they wouldn't depend on their parents any more
Here are the most popular events in Los Angeles this year.
Earth Day L. A.
Phone number: (213) 972-8080
Earth Day L.A. offers Downtown L.A.’s citizens, workers and visitors ideas, a place to drop e-waste and solutions on how to do little harm to our planet in daily life. The annual event features performances, composting (制肥堆), and plant giveaways as well as electric vehicle exhibits, which are all free to the public (and to a select number of school groups).
Jackalope Pasadena Spring 2020 Fair
Phone number: (323) 989-2278
Where Local Culture Meets Craft (手工艺)！Come and shop—over 200 handmade makers from fashion, home design, art and more all in one place at Jackalope Pasadena coming up April 25th & 26th. Enjoy a bite to eat from a local food truck or take part in a free yoga class offered throughout the weekend.
Explore Caltech
Phone number: (626) 395- 4652
You’re invited to Explore Caltech as the Institute brings science and engineering out the lab and into the community, sharing the excitement of discovery through family-friendly open-air laboratories, a series of 10- minute talks by Caltech researchers, and a keynote discussion.
Yallwest
Phone number: (310) 395-3204
There are over 100 authors and presenters including New York Times Best Sellers along with local and widely- acknowledged young adult and middle grade writers, plus famous TV, film, video game, and comic creators. A day of book signings, food trucks and rock’ n’ roll.
1.What do we know about the event Earth Day L.A.?
A.It charges less than the other events.
B.It offers people the performing techniques.
C.It contributes to participants’ going green.
D.It leads participants to prefer an electric vehicle.
2.Where can people buy handmade products?
A.Yallwest. B.Earth Day L. A.
C.Explore Caltech. D.Jackalope Pasadena Spring 2020 Fair.
3.What will visitors call if they’re interested in science?
A.(213) 972-8080 B.(323) 989-2278
C.(626) 395- 4652 D.(310) 395-3204
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These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon, we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. It was then known as cuju(kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today started in Great Britain, where the game was given new rules.
That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don't need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn't have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts 'content with a ball made of plastic bags; just like Pele did when he was a boy.
Another factor behind football's global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognize the skill of professional player-how they use their bodies to pass, score and defend can be amazing to see-or to feel the excitement of a game ending with a surprising twist.
What's more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate: it does not require words, but everyone understands it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field. Take, for example, the famous football game on Christmas Day 1914. World War I had broken out months before, but British and German soldiers put down their guns and played football together-one moment of peace to remember during years of conflict.
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, ...... “said Bill Shankly, the famous footballer and manager. “I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” This might sound funny, but one only has to think about the Earth to realize that our planet is shaped like a football.
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