Teaching Nadirah Mandarin

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I've started teaching Nadirah Mandarin since last week. Our first topic is "Family." We bought a tool-kit to teach baby mandarin when we were in China last month. It's really helpful because the concept is very much like the latest Quran technology that comes with the magic pen. The only different is, the books are full of pictures so that it can capture the toddler's attention.

I'll take pictures of the kit and put them here soon Insya-Allah. I think I'm enjoying the lesson even more than her. :-) Although the pen speaks mandarin very clearly and fluently, but at times it can be very confusing so I always double check with my mentor@my colleague for the correct pronunciation.

I attended a course about our great brain in Sri Kembangan last month. From there I learnt that when we were born, all the knowledge in the world is already installed in our unconscious brain, including languages. It's a matter of time and how you utilize the knowledge within you and so that you could actually extract the things you already know from your unconscious mind and apply it in our life. So that makes me feel more confident to start something fresh and knew. For example ventures into new hobby, start learning new language. Ageing is now something is the past. Your brain is your future.

So this week, this is what Nadirah learnt these 8 words: (hopefully)

 + daddy + mummy + grandpa + grandma + uncle + aunty + brother + sister +

Looking forward for our next lesson and Insya-Allah I'll update the progress here. 

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