Oneday,Iwasteachingmydaughterhowtopaint.Isawthatalot...

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One day, I was teaching my daughter how to paint. I saw that a lot of her energy went into 41 her brush into the paint, and then into a bowl of water. But then most of the paint that was on the 42 would just disappear in the water. As an 43 mother, I was thinking, “I am trying to teach you how to paint on paper and what are you doing? This is not what you are 44 to do. You have to do this way.”

But she is three years old so she is probably not going to 45 doing it the right way. She had so much 46 dipping the brush in the paint and in the water bowl. Pretty much within an hour, most of the paint was all over the room and I just sat there with my hands 47 my head thinking, “Oh my god, this girl is hopeless.” Soon after, however, she shouted, “Mama, when I 48 pink and blue, it turns purple!”

I was surprised. 49 I was thinking that she was wasting perfectly good paint and paper, she 50 learned something. What would have been a very theoretical(理论的) experiment turned into a very 51 experiment.

I am a designer and work with software like Photoshop and Illustrator. When my daughter sees me work on the 52 , she is always very curious and she wants to work with me on the same thing that I do. She starts to 53 with buttons, and in that process, sometimes lands up 54 me things! There will be many times when she will find 55 new. I will ask her 56 , and she will tell me, “I pressed this, and I pressed this, and then this happened.”

One of the things I realized from this is that everyone has a(n) 57 way of learning things. When I was growing up, I 58 to literature very well, so everything that was turned into a story became my way of learning and 59 different concepts. Some kids understand through art, some understand through math and games, and it’s the job of a parent or a teacher to watch and 60 how children learn and try their best to make these experiences educational.

41. A. dipping B. throwing C. breaking D. sweeping

42. A. plate B. brush C. paper D. bowl

43. A. optimistic B. impatient C. energetic D. independent

44. A. supposed B. allowed C. intended D. tricked

45. A. keep B. consider C. bother D. remember

46. A. regret B. fun C. disappointment D. trouble

47. A. beside B. over C. below D. on

48. A. add B. combine C. mix D. take

49. e B. Because C. If D. Before

50. A. accidentally B. immediately C. fortunately D. actually

51. A. interesting B. practical C. beneficial D. novel

52. A. phone B. desk C. computer D. calculator