New Books!
I am in Delhi for the India Public Libraries Conference (IPLC 2015 – India’s FIRST public Library conference) and Bookworm were in the honourable list of libraries with good practices, and on the side I went book shopping. A must stop book shop for me, an out of towner- afraid of the big city is […]
Igniting Read Alouds
I have been waiting, knowing it was imminent in the climate of Bookworm’s space that our firecracker Barkha Sharda would ignite and shower us with light ! Today, Bookworm celebrated World Read Aloud Day in the Panjim Garden and Barkha took this on as a project to lead and she set the park on fire! […]
Book Stop – Panaji – the open library launched
An Open Free library rolled into the Panjim garden, Garcia d’Orta yesterday evening at 8. 00 pm. Book Stop, a collaborative initiative of many is part of the larger vision for Panjim the Open Library. Beautifully and thoughtfully designed shelves by designers at Shirk Shop made Book Stop a reality. Book Stop were originally conceptualised […]
Raising A Community of Readers
Bookworm through the Alban Couto Library Program‘s support in Aldona supports 612 school students in Aldona between Stds 1 – 5 in 4 schools. Students are immersed in the practice of a library program on a weekly basis, continue to await the sessions with great anticipation and are demonstrating shifts in their language comprehension and […]
Connecting Classrooms…
Being an ELTReP ( English Language Teaching Research Partnership) Awardee from the British Council for 2013 – 14, enabled me to be invited to a very well organised conference in Delhi titled Connecting Classrooms early this month. I found myself in a room full of teacher educators all interested and working closely with language teaching […]
These are a few of our chosen books !
favourite books from Bookworm team’s 2014 LIST. Analia Braganza The Three Kittens – V Suteyev Analiza Rodrigues King Bidgood in the Bathtub – Audrey Wood, Don Wood Barkha Sharda Following my Paintbrush – Gita Wolf, Dulari Devi Deepali Correya Library Lion – Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes Flavia Lobo The Swan’s Gift […]
A School Concert
For a long time this month our school program has been at the receiving end of Concert Chaos. Yesterday I had the joy of being at the other end, Concert Celebrations ! Sr Celine from The Auxilium Convent, Caranzalem, a LiS supported school invited me to be Chief Guest at the Pre school Annual Day […]
Print in the Classroom
Children extract meaning from their environment through signs. Although they are not actually reading at an early age (Stahl & Murray, 1993), visually distinctive environmental print (product labels, restaurant signs, street signs) help children to understand their environment, become involved in it, and locate particular services and activities for future occasions. Research has shown that […]
When the past presents
I was working on some books at Bookworm, one afternoon and a gentle pair of hands covered my eyes and transported me decades back to “guess who”? I attempted tried and tested ways of feeling, touching clothes, yanking hair and finally heard the voice and it was Sheena! Looking rested and much better than she […]
Who supports Whom
Administering our Libraries in Schools program is not a routine task. I subscribe to the anonymous idiom , “God is in the detail “ but there may be some who think it is the devil! Each LiS Class has both back end and onsite documentation and recording. These administrative tasks have been typically handed to […]