Childhoodspeech®

Speak For Love | Communicate For Confidence | Inspire For Growth

Slash Time and Money: Get Speaking With Your Belly

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 6, 2008 | Montessori

What is your first outburst of joy and laughter for the day? Usually, it is after you have a big breakfast or a hearty meal. Even months after you have visited your favourite restaurant, you will still talk about the food and people you met then. Little children are...

Happy Birthday, Anak Mummy Sayang, Hush Now Little Baby

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 5, 2008 | Montessori

Happy Birthday Sayang Anak Mummy (Mummy’s lovely child) “We sing this song everyday from the day you were born. At first I read it to you, then I sang to you. Now you can even play the tune.” Hush now little baby Brush those tears away The sun is...

Child’s Spoken Language Is Formed Through Silent Reading

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 4, 2008 | Language, Learning Skills, Montessori

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...

Put Your Shoes By Yourself

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 4, 2008 | 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...

How To Create A Learning Environment

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 4, 2008 | Environment, Language, Montessori

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...

Sing A Rainbow Song

by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 4, 2008 | 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...