Taleigao MOP moving again
This is the 3rd scheduled stop on the Taleigao MOP site. The red van pulled up at the Taleigao children’s park on Friday 1st Feb, 2012. Why? This site has its own organic movement patterns. The Library space was a venue during the wet months and some children made it a point to come […]
The Blind Men and the Elephant in Thread Narratives
Dear stitching sisters:-) and a brother too, I hope we have all been thinking about our narrative in cloth and thread. I know some of you wrote immediately with ideas. Please share so that we can all be inspired. I have narrowed my story to an old one, not very creative in production or design […]
Thread Narratives Invitation
Dear Needlecrafter, Greetings from Bookworm in 2013. We continue to push and dream that forms of language are all equally important for our creative selves and this year we would like to announce a Thread Narrative exploration through a favourite/ much inspired story. The creative rules are simple: 1. Think of a story – that […]
A Snowman inspires a Sandman
Raymond Briggs whom I have always loved for his wordless book The Snowman, helped inspire Sandmen at Cacra MOP on Tuesday 18th Dec, 2012. As we all arrived at this site, with visitors from SRTT – Urvashi Nangia and SRTT Fellow Jennifer Thomas, volunteers from Goa College of Home Science and MOP Cacra team, the […]
Blue skies and books at Cacra
Cacra –a tiny fishing hamlet where a Library Program comes alive on Tuesdays is back! We had a break for the monsoon but with the rain gods now resting, the book angels are back! Betty Carvalho and Edy Rodrigues lead the Cacra team with a little help from MOP friends. Around 20 of the pre […]
Reading ‘Once Upon a Feast’ at St. Francis Xavier Church, Chicalim
A Church , a Saint and a Feast , catechism children spilling all over the holy halls and we had a perfect setting for our FIRST read aloud of our new book Once Upon a Feast – Mia Marie Lourenco and Illustrated by Fatema Barot Mota. Brian and Natasha Farias MOP parents and parishoners of […]
Bookworm thanks Fomento Group of Co.
The 7 year itch is upon Bookworm ! We have itched and inched our way to Taleigao where we now work with a much wider and diverse section of children than we did in St. Inez. Troubles are often blessings when one can step back and evaluate. For Bookworm, our move to Taleigao has been […]
We Walked Through a Jungle
We began this site in January 2011 and have gone through endless strife and jubilation in finding a balance. We are not there yet, but the path is getting clearer. Saturday 27th October, Term 1 of Chimbel season ( June 2012 – March 2013) ended. The team is slimmer now that the NSS volunteers are […]
When I Listen To Children Speak at Chimbel
Voices resound in my head all the time. I must listen. I must share. In the past few weeks the children at one of our MOP sites have said so many things, oracy in our sessions is coming alive and this is what they say: “ Teacher, you remind me of a book .” and […]
The Mountain that Loved the Bird at NAB, Goa
I have loved the story from the first time I read it and after hearing how the children would like to use paint, my favourite story got a chance to come out. We began with the session with a popular game called, Fire on the Mountain, using the noun Mountain as the key link to […]