by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 17, 2008 | Language
Here are some helpful tips for you to decide on your choices of non-native language for your child. 1. What is native language? It is simply the mother tongue of the child or the language that the parent or caregiver will be at home with the child. In some countries,...
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...
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...
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...
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...