Although we always say that we can learn to speak well if we keep hearing the languages over and over again, there is another important way to learn to speak, that is by learning to read. By reading, I do not mean reading text. Reading foreign text is not easy; it is not the same [...]
Child’s Spoken Language Is Formed Through Silent Reading
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 4, 2008 in Language, Learning Skills, Montessori
Put Your Shoes By Yourself
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 4, 2008 in Childhood, Learning Skills, Music
Remember how the teachers and parents celebrate the victorious acts of our tiny accomplishments in kindergarten and childhood? We had taken lots of time and effort to teach ourselves to eat, wash, get dressed, and put on our shoes with our tiny fingers. we were dignified humans. Then when we are on our own independent [...]
Sing A Rainbow Song
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 4, 2008 in Childhood, Language
I had to sing a rainbow to save myself from getting worked up and re-discovered the meaning of work. I can’t wait for the school holidays to start. Here school calendar year starts in January and ends in December. This is the last week of school and she could hardly wait to start. I was [...]
The Sensitive Period Of A Child
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Childhood, Language, Montessori
Before we read on the subject of sensitive period, we must agree that there is a child in each and every one of us, from which the man or woman has come. There was a period in our lives where we were so sensitive to certain aspects of development, we grew so quickly and learn [...]
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