Do you often ask questions? Children are known for wanting answers to many questions because curiosity (好奇心) is part of human nature. Books and TV shows often depend on curiosity. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens.

As we all know, curiosity provides many advantages. Many of history’s greatest discoveries were made by curious people. People wondered how things worked and how work could be done more quickly. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology to help them. Even if you don’t plan to be an inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the curiosity of learning, classes will become more interesting. You will be good at them because you enjoy the process of learning. Even if you’re no longer a student, curiosity will make you an able worker.

What will you do if you’re not already curious? Luckily, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. Often, the more you learn about a topic, the more interesting it becomes. To improve your curiosity, get information from as many sources (来源) as possible when you learn about a topic. At the same time, read all kinds of books, watch or listen to speeches and ask questions. Don’t always get information in the same way. Instead, learn to understand the facts that different people know.

Don’t assume you already know everything. Instead, search for other possibilities and opinions. Remember, everyone knows something that you don’t know. Find out what it is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other people happy by sharing their knowledge. Let’s try to become people who are full of curiosity.

Tony and George were painting freely. Each of them had a bottle of blue paint (油漆) and a bottle of yellow paint.

Suddenly, George said, “Look, Tony, I made green!”

“How did you do it?” asked Tony.

“I put yellow paint on top of my blue paint— yellow and blue put together make green!” shouted George. Other children came around to watch and wanted to do it themselves.

This is an example of discovery learning or hands-on learning.

People remember things better when they learn them by doing. Here is an example. How will you learn to play football?

Buy a book and read about how to play football or buy a video about football? Or go to the playground and ask a person to teach you?

Which way will help you learn the game best? Learning on the playground is the best way for most people because they try the game and learn the rules as they play. They learn in a hands-on way.

Hands-on learning is good for children. The learner takes an active part in it instead of just sitting and listening. This is the way that we want our children to learn. In order to learn best, children must take an active part in hands-on activities every day. Some good examples of hands-on activities are working out puzzled, painting, playing simple board games together and so on.

It’s not easy to find a right gift on Mother’s Day. We often want something personal and thoughtful. But how can we make? Here are kinds of ideas for gifts for Moms.

A Gift of Time Moms just want to spend time with their children so make it a Mother-Daughter/Son day. Spend the whole day with her. Do the things she likes doing with her.

A Home Video Take out your family videos and make them a short home video. She can enjoy it whenever she misses you. Although it may take a lot of time, the process (过程) can be great fun and the result is often priceless (无价的) and special.

Make a CD Make a CD for her. It’s a collection (收集) of all the songs that remind her of you and your growth.

Write a Letter Write a letter instead of a simple card. Write about all the good memories you have with her and all the things she has done for you.

Flowers People send carnations (康乃馨) on Mother’s Day. You can easily spend a lot of money on them. If you have flowers in your garden, you can handpick them and they can be a great gift.

A Dinner Make a dinner to surprise her. Just don’t forget to wash the dishes after the dinner.