The memories of Yo Ya Vachuya
Reading can be for joy, to be informed, to learn new words, to be transported into imaginary worlds and much more. Reading allows children to wander through their own imagination. It helps them develop language and listening skills in addition to helping them understand. So, Yo Ya Vachuya, which means ‘Come Lets Read’ sessions that […]
A look into the lives of Bookworm RPs, preparing for sessions
Yet another day at Bookworm and there is a buzz among the Resource Persons (RPs). Melcom- Can you please advise what will be a good extension activity. Stephie- Can you check if I am singing the song correctly? Jewel- I need to print a worksheet. Terence- Anything else to be taken? Sakshi- All the big […]
Becoming story characters
While stories are loved by all, the way they are told and read have a wonderful effect on the story experience which is reflected in children’s responses. Our recent exploration in storytelling, for the children of our Libraries in Schools (LiS) Program, has been dressing up as a character from the story to be told. […]
Supporting Readers with Book Selections in the Library Class
Our library classes in schools of listening to the story, playing games, singing songs, discussions and much more fun ends with the most exciting thing for the children. It’s the book borrowing time. It all starts with one of the Resource Person raising the lending register and the other Resource Person saying these words; ‘this […]
Finding Treasure
Every child in our LiS program gets to see a new set of books when the year starts and then soon after the Diwali holidays they get to see another one. This year as the Diwali holidays were getting over, the team sat together and thought of ways in which the collection would be opened […]
Taking story time from the classroom to the courtyard
With the heavy rains gone after the Diwali holidays, we conducted the library sessions at Govt. Primary School, Merces (Std. 1-4) in the courtyard. The fresh air in the school compound, with coconut trees swaying in the breeze, has added magic to our library sessions. The first time the children sat with us outside, I […]
Puppet Theatre at the Mobile Outreach Program in Cacra
The days were close to the mid term exams of the children. Most children were busy studying, completing their books and at home there was seriousness and we could feel the children being under exam pressure. This was true for all age groups from std 1 to std 7 children who are very much part […]
Experiencing story Read Alouds in a new way
One of the things that I like the most about the Libraries in Schools (LiS) program is reading aloud a story to the children. This is something that I enjoy because I like stories and sharing them with children makes me feel good. This year instead of just focusing on making sure I am reading […]
Enabling Critical Thinking Through Reader Response Activities- a journey in the planning
This year as the Library team sat together to plan the syllabus, we discussed and decided to change some things going forward in the programs that we do. One of the interesting changes to be incorporated was to look at our reader response activities. We always did these activities in the Libraries in School program […]
A road to learn….
John Patrick Norman McHennessy is a lovely story which is written and illustrated by John Burningham and was originally published in the year 1987. This uniquely illustrated story tells us about a boy, John Patrick Norman McHennessy, who hurries off along the road to learn. He looks forward to learn everyday but incidents on the way […]