Children do not think ___56___ way adults do. For most of the first year of life, if something is out of sight, it is out of mind. ___57___ you cover a baby’s favorite toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops _ 58 _ (look) for it. A 4-year-old may object that his/her sister has ___59 __ (much) fruit juice when it is only the shapes ___60___ the glasses that differ, not the amount of juice.
Yet children are smart in their own way. Like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized theories about ___61___ things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, “That’s enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!” the child will ___62___ (immediate) test your claim. Are you serious? Are you ___63___(annoy)? What will happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you crazy; rather, she ___64___ (learn) that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those ___65___ (differ) are important and sometimes they are not.