by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 3, 2008 | Language, Montessori
The art of writing on a grain of rice is said to have originated from Turkey. The name is inscribed on a grain of rice with a simple device and waterproof ink. The lady who did it for my child was not an artist. I was watching her when she did this for us. Her fingers...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 3, 2008 | Childhood, Chinese, Language, News
I was probably 13 or 14 years old when this was published. I was a child star. the headline read: Hanifa A Malay Student Child Actress Who Speaks Mandarin My father was very proud and had kept this in a photo frame. I have been keeping it in a folder eversince. He...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 3, 2008 | 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...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 2, 2008 | Montessori
I dug through my notes and discovered a book called Montessori Read and Write by Lynn Lawrence. I stumbled upon some interesting comments about learning principles which I have summarised here. I included my own for your lifelong language learning experience....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 1, 2008 | Montessori
We have all gone through one of these: escape to the bathroom to use breath spray or brush our teeth (other than the usual) to retain fresh breath for an interview, a meeting or a social gathering; waking up with an unpleasant or outright nasty odor in the mouth;...
by Annie Cook | Oct 29, 2008 | Childhood, Language
Example: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star You will see from the following activity that translating simple rhymes prove harder than we think. Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle twinkle little...