by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 9, 2008 | Childhood, Language, Spanish
Spanish and ‘Batu Lesung’? Over the weekend, I reflected on my childhood learning experience. I took a picture of this pounder (‘batu lesung’) which most traditional Malay families use to prepare spices. It is made of granite stone, carved into a bowl which we use as...
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 | Oct 31, 2008 | Language, Learning Skills
We basically receive information in 3 different ways: Visually (impressions from the environment – pictures, actions, images from the living and non-living things) Auditory (also impressions from the environment but without images) Kinesthetic...