by Hanifa K. Cook | Jan 5, 2010 | Learning Skills, Music
There can be mental activity even when we are not talking. Here are four types of thoughts that do not demand the use of language: 1. Daydreaming: It depends on the mind to create and visualise images. Artists paint what their minds tell them to paint. When people...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 28, 2009 | Learning Skills
About a month ago, I posted a video which discusses creativity in schools. The topic of the video was “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” This is part 1 of my thoughts on this topic. Homeschooling And Education Well often when we talk about our present education...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jun 22, 2009 | Learning Skills, Montessori
This is just how we started learning from our teachers and parents. We peer through the hands that feed us and watch how every single stroke of the word gets written on paper. In our very own mind, we create impressions of what eventually become the memory ready to be...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 3, 2009 | Childhood, Montessori
Silence is golden and ignorance is bliss. How are we to understand the real meaning of silence if it were not for the presence of noise? This is a blog about silence. On a cold winter night, the fireplace in the family room at home would be the perfect place for...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jan 20, 2009 | Childhood, Language, Learning Skills, Montessori
The final form of human society is based on organisation. However, without written rules and regulations, how can society of children organise itself? This article investigates on society of cohesion from the aspect of organisation. Kids are more than ready to love,...