Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children.
   However，what most parents fail to see is that the best（1）

education

education

（educate）they can give their children is usually very cheap.
   They may clearly know that their children do well in some areas but do（2）

poorly

poorly

（poor）in others.What most parents fail（3）

to realize

to realize

（realize） is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
   They can achieve this by（4）

teaching

teaching

（teach）practical skills like cooking，sewing and doing other housework.
   Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life.Cooking（5）

needs

needs

（need）patience and time.It is an enjoyable（6）

but

but

difficult experience.A good cook always tries to improve his cooking，so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully.His result，（7）

a

a

well-cooked dinner，will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
   Some old machines，such as a（8）

broken

broken

（break） radio or TV set that you give your child to play（9）

with

with

will make him curious and arouse（激發(fā)）his interest.He will spend hours looking at them，trying to fix（10）

them

them

（they）.Your child might become an engineer when he grows up.These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book，but rather to think，to use his mind.And that is more important.