Learning any language from scratch online is very challenging. You have to be resilient and have the drive to meet and connect with people who are total strangers on the internet. One thing is certain, if you learn languages, the entire world population is your social community. Today a member of this world community, Mr [...]
Michael Jackson – Childhood, Genius
by Hanifa on June 27, 2009 in Music
The story of Michael Jackson’s (his Muslim name is “Mikaeel”) childhood touches me most. I published news of his auction in Feb 2009. Then I wrote: “We all know how childhood will affect the way we carry ourselves during adulthood, but none more dramatic than this man’s stories. There is no other kid who has [...]
Brain Exercises To Improve Cognitive Functions
by Annie Cook on June 26, 2009 in Learning Skills
There are only two names that keep appearing in my head today, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. In an effort to avoid reading or watching anymore news on television about them, I browse for activities to keep busy doing other things. That is what our brain needs isn’t it? A rest or do something different [...]
Child Learns In Silence #inspiremonday
by Hanifa K. Cook on June 22, 2009 in Learning Skills, Montessori
This is just how we started learning from our teachers and parents. We peer through the hands that feed us and watch how every single stroke of the word gets written on paper. In our very own mind, we create impressions of what eventually become the memory ready to be retrieved whenever the images strike [...]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
by Hanifa on June 22, 2009 in Learning Skills
¿Matan las escuelas la creatividad? (subtitulada en español), listen to this speech to the end. “Women are better at multi-tasking….”
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