Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Young children are increasingly using tablets as well as smartphones and other devices with touch screens in early education (1) ______ and with family members.
Tammy and Rose, age 4 have been studying sunflowers with their classmates. They want to sing and record a song about sunflowers while creating a drawing, using a(n) (2) _______ on the tablet. The girls have coordinated their efforts and are happy with the result.
To help the class learn more about sunflowers, Kathryn. Tammy and Rose’s teacher, used the tablet to find online (3)_______ with photos and facts. She then took the children on (4) _______ a tour of Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings. They read and discussed an electronic picture book about Van Gogh’s life. The children had already examined real sunflowers and their parts, made sketches, read informational texts and stories, counted seeds, and (5) _______ part in a variety of investigations, touching on every learning domain. The teacher’s use of the tablet together with early practical learning activities expanded the children's (6) _______. Activities offered on the tablet provided new (7) _______for the children to represent and share what they learned.
Tablets have the (8) _______to be powerful tools for early learning. The choices we make about how they are used determine (9) _______ the technology is helpful or not. We need to develop “digital literacy” skills and decide how to use these new tools in ways (10) _______ can support every child’s healthy development and learning.
We need to develop “digital literacy” skills and decide how to use these new tools in ways (10) _______ can support every child’s healthy development and learning.
A. we
B. they
C. what
D. that
