by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 16, 2009 | Childhood, Language, Learning Skills, Personal Blog
People who love children are usually intrigued by the new tricks that kids can do as they grow. At what age does the child learn to sit, walk, laugh or grip on an object? For me, there is nothing more fascinating and magical than the child who learns to speak before...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jan 25, 2009 | Chinese, Language
If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of...
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...