| 摘要 |
A height-adjustable, user-friendly, child's podium for use by children from pre-school years through elementary school to the sixth grade which assists a child in learning to speak before groups without fear, tension and apprehension. The child's podium of the present invention includes at least one set of user-friendly facial features operatively disposed on the front or back of the podium for relaxing at least one of the speaker and the audience, respectively. Preferably, a set of tension-eliminating facial features is provided on both the front and rear of the podium. The podium is made from box-like nestable structures wherein the depth to which adjacent boxes can be nested within one another is manually adjustable to selectively adjust the height of the podium for different heights of children within a given class or grade or from grade to grade as the children grow. Furthermore, the children's podium may include robot-like arms which even further relax both the audience and the speaker, and which can be positioned in a fully retracted position within the interior of the podium or to a fully extended position for disposing a pair of flat platforms in a substantially horizontal position for holding show and tell objects, materials or the like. Lastly, the podium may include a base having caster wheels or the like for ease of rolling the podium from one position to another, and a locking device associated with the wheels for preventing movement once the podium is positioned at a desired location.
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