New Appearances on Bookworm’s Shelves!!
Are you familiar with the feeling of finding a new book you’ve been looking for a shelf at a bookstore? The excitement, the moment of doubt, the overwhelming instinct to buy the book! Well so are the members of the Bookworm team!! We never let go of an opportunity to pick up books that we […]
Taking a walk….with Norbu’s new shoes!
Another Wednesday morning, 4 classes for the day. Fresh faces excited to hear a story….and today it’s Norbu’s New Shoes! Quick responses as we recap the previous week’s story and excited responses as we move into a discussion about today’s book. “What kind of shoes do you like?” “Teacher! Football shoes!” “Teacher, fancy shoes!” “Sandals!” […]
Playing with Paint
Playing with paint…..AND being productive! Who ever thought that using old plastic jars along with some acrylic paint would result in this much fun?! On this evening however, Prerna delighted the kids with this simple yet lively art activity. Together, they read the book Little Blue, Little Yellow and Prerna spoke to the kids on […]
Stepping out of the Library…
Our most recent update from MOP, Taleigao was that the site was back to functioning within the library space as a result of the ongoing monsoon. This meant that the kids would come in to the library every Saturday at 5 p.m. and the story time and extension activity would happen there, surrounded by books. […]
New Books on Bookworm’s Shelves!
Books! Books! Books! And still more books! Without books, we would not be able to add to the innovative ways of keeping the reading habit alive and growing, and that’s what Bookworm is all about! Bookworm caters to a wide range of children’s reading wants and needs through it’s various programmes. Give a child a book he is interested in, and he will read […]
Bindi Su goes to Green Meadows School
(Posted by Sadhana Patel) On 4th October, Bindi Su the little red car arrived at Green Meadows primary school in Bookworm’s red van accompanied by the wonderfully talented story teller Elaine, the truly lovely illustrator Milan and the best support in the form of Krystal and Jyoti. The sessions were split into two parts, The first […]
Mobile Outreach Program, Taleigao is back!
The Mobile Outreach Programme began last year with 5 sites; Taleigao, Merces, Chimbel, Cacra and Chicalim. This year, we’ve added the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to our list of MOP sites. Taleigao was one of our first sites, and every Thursday, the van would be found at Taleigao Park and the team would […]
Happy teacher’s day
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” And the little ones who are inspired everyday were at Bookworm on the evening of the 4th of September making personalized crafts and cards to take to school for Teacher’s Day! The kids were all ears as Elaine read […]
Celebrating Onam at Bookworm
Pookkalam a word in Malayalam is derived from two words “poo” and “kalam” which means “flowers” and “artwork” respectively. People in Kerala lay this intricate floral artwork on their courtyards on Atham, the first day of Onam. At Bookworm we got our act together on the last day of Onam, 29th August, before the 10 […]
All in a day’s work
The School Book Treasury is on the go! One of our projects involves conducting a weekly intervention in the 3rd grade classes of 3 schools to assess the correlation between reading and literacy. Having begun in Auxilium High School, the next on our list was Ideal High School. In the 2 weeks that I’ve been […]