by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 26, 2022 | Language
Do you feel worried you may be affecting your children’s language growth because you cannot speak English? My parents did not speak English at all. Live Smart.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jan 10, 2014 | Learning Skills, Parenting, Self Development
Mathematics now, like many parents and teachers will tell you, is almost impossible to learn and master. It is literacy based, somewhat technical and undeniably challenging. And these challenges begin as early as pre-primary level. Even with all the mental mathematical skills in the academic world will not help you solve a problem in mathematics if you do not understand the meaning of what is being asked.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 30, 2013 | Language
A word of caution. This blog is all about me and the PSLE. If this is your first time here, you may like to go over the archive sections to read more interesting titles that were posted. I have been off the blogosphere for a very long time. I apologize to my...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 11, 2013 | Language, Parenting, Personal Blog
My colleagues in the Business Chinese Language class ask me why I want to take up this course. It is valid question. They are all working adults. I am a stay-at-home and work-from-home mother of a non-native Chinese kid who is learning Chinese. What does learning...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 19, 2013 | English, Environment, Language, Personal Blog
Singapore is well-known for many things, one of which is ‘Singlish’, a term used to describe a unique brand of English spoken by the general Singaporeans. For Singaporeans, we speak and hear Singlish all the time; it is pointless to ridicule natives for not being to...