Early Childhood Education Teachers and other specialists in early childhood education recognize that children develop at different rates. Given anything that resembles a well-rounded (全面丰富的) life-- with adults and other children to listen to, talk to, to do things with--their minds will ac' quire knowledge for further learning. Take, for example, reading. The two strongest predictors of whether children will learn to read easily and well at school are whether they have learned the names and the sounds of the letters of the alphabet before they start school. That may seem to imply that letter names and sounds should be deliberately taught to young children, _______ (1) But in all the research programs _______ (2) , rehearsed the names and sounds over and over the results are disappointing. The widely accepted explanation is._______ (3) , for it to work in helping One to read, has to be deeply rooted in the chi|d's minD．That comes from years of exposure and familiarity with letters, from ,being read to, from playing with magnetic letters, drawing and fiddling with (摆弄) computers. So parents can do some things to help, although many do these things spontaneously._______ (4) , the reader should pause every so often and ask questions but not questions_______ (5) . Extend your child's answers, suggest alternative possibilities and raise progressively more challenging questions.