A New LiS School – Mae-de-Deus, Corjuem
Written by Flavia LiS has been in Aldona since June 2012, but June 2015 brought some shocks. We were not able to continue our sessions in the first LiS school to dedicate a room to the library program, Auxilium Carona, due to circumstances beyond our control. Soon after that, another school in Aldona, STGPS informed […]
Watching them watching themselves
Eight sessions later, Alia Sinha engineered a miracle with a group ( 42 to be precise) of boys who find themselves in Std. 4 in St. Thomas Boys Primary School and suddenly realise that they are the seniors in a tiny primary school building. Alia was assigned a production which she accomplished with characteristic passion, […]
Keeping Still with Poetry
Now we will count to twelveand we will all keep still. Every outreach session with Bookworm now includes a poetry reading. We bring the same intensity of experience that we demand from story telling to poetry that also tells stories but more importantly demands of us to feel the stories that flow out of words. […]
Mukand and Riaz- Play at St. Thomas Boys Primary School, Aldona
Written by Alia Ever since the CLCE conference, Nina Sabnani’s words and images had permeated the Bookworm Library like friendly spirits, popping up from the shelves at odd moments. So when St. Thomas Boys Primary School said they wanted us to contribute to their “Independence Day” program with something, Nina’s book ‘Mukund and Riaz‘ seemed […]
Teaching is a work of heart
Written by Deepali “Teaching is a work of heart” I happened to read this somewhere and it made me pause for a moment and totally agree. So many children touch our lives in different ways and every child makes his own place in our heart. We go to different schools to conduct weekly library sessions […]
Bookworm happens!!!
Written by Ajaa A TISS fellowship with Tata Trust, brought me to Bookworm and no doubt, being here is a big ‘Aha’ moment of the year. I admit not being a bookworm literally but here at Goa, I feel so much a Bookworm. This whole unlearning and learning amidst a team of energetic and warm […]
Story Grammar to explore stories
There is research evidence that a sense of structure of stories has a powerful impact on individuals’ expectations while reading stories, the processing of stories, retention and reproduction of content of stories. In brief, understanding story structure more thoroughly appears to help comprehension as well as writing. Both very valuable outcomes desired by the library […]
Look the Moon!
I overheard a question from a recent visitor to Bookworm, asking a new Bookworm team member if we read -aloud non-fiction texts and she said ” no”! I did not behead her or bring out my proverbial whip, but I chose to reflect ( the joys of middle aged, slow approaching wisdom) on how this […]
Libraries in Schools comes to Margao
Our presence in Margao has grown stronger with the welcome that Adarsh V V High School has showered upon the LiS program. Not only do the children await the weekly library class, we have a beautiful room, thanks to a timely investment by the Trustees and a hassle free time table thanks in no small […]
Summer Slides & Sea Saws
Research on reading achievement informs us that there is a significant loss of literacy during summer, impacting lower socio economic groups more than others, due to the presence of literacy resources and literacy engagement in the environment. Library programs rev up for the summer in serious attempts to combat this slide and at Bookworm, we […]