http://childhoodspeech.com Parenting A Multilingual Kid In A Multicultural Society Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:47:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/04/learning-arabic-versus-reading-holy-quran-in-arabic/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/04/learning-arabic-versus-reading-holy-quran-in-arabic/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:19:31 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=1634

When I was taught that every Muslim must pray 5 times a day and recite the Holy Quran in their prayers in Arabic, I thought, “Wow! Muslims must be very intelligent!” For generations, many non-Arab natives have been able to read the Holy Quran, which is written in the Arabic language, without ever learning the [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/04/learning-arabic-versus-reading-holy-quran-in-arabic/feed/ 3 http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/put-your-shoes-by-yourself/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/put-your-shoes-by-yourself/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:36:55 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=221

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 [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/put-your-shoes-by-yourself/feed/ 0