My daughter is attending Mandarin class at a local learning center near our house. At present, she is already speaking 4 languages: Mandarin, English, Bahasa Indonesia and Malay. Since she has started school in Singapore, she has started to pick up the unique Singapore English accent, known as Singlish. I am devastated at first. However, [...]
How To Create A Learning Environment
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 4, 2008 in Environment, Language, Montessori
The Blog Address: Modern History Of Childhood Social Environment
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Environment, Learning Skills
I was thinking as I watched my child played pretend game with her cousin. The topics they chose ranged from working in an office, ordering meal at the restaurant, marriage ceremony and going to the beach. I noticed they were quite strong in their vocabulary, using words such as appointment, menu, order, email address and [...]
Prepared Social Environment For Mobile Phone Users
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Environment
MOBILE PHONE IS A LIFELINE Way back in 2005, the global network was already talking about how the poor would profit from using the mobile banking network using the phone-banking. This tool, the telephone, is not just a tool, it is people’s lifeline. Without it, you may even think the world has forgotten of your [...]
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