by Hanifa K. Cook | May 7, 2014 | Personal Blog
“I Am Sorry Mummy” It can be disheartening if your child does not apologise for mistakes. But what if the so called mistake is a Genuine Mistake. In many cases for a child, they are genuine mistake. If you don’t recognise it, you are in for a lot of problem because you will handling it as if the child knows what he is doing IS wrong.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 2, 2014 | Chinese, Language, Writing
Some people say that in order to master Mandarin language, the only way is to first learn Han Yu Pin Yin. I disagree with this viewpoint. Let’s talk about using the dictionary as a point of discussion. 要真正的掌握华文,唯一的办法就是要先学习拼音。我不赞成这观点。就从查字典的角度来谈吧。
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 19, 2014 | Language, Learning Skills, Montessori, Reading
If someone tells you they learn about a plane crash (Malaysian Airlines MH370), rarely do they quote the Straits Times papers. It was on the television news and youtube. All it takes is a few search words that are tagged for you to get to the news update.
Can We Teach Kids The Art Of Tagging?
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 17, 2014 | Chinese, English, Language
What do price, Facebook, bags and the English Language have in common? It is tagging. Price tags, blog taglines, question tags, Facebook tags and bag tags. Facebook tags are like cancer cells in the bone. You can privatise or remove tags, but another one just pops up out of nowhere. If anything, it is always misused.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 22, 2014 | Chinese, English, Language, Music
Are you ready to be impressed and be inspired? I am totally in awe at the courage of Asian singers. I have wanted to write about this but it took this Malaysian singer, Shila Amzah to make me jump out of bed to start writing. I just have to share this with everyone. ...