My Bookworm Inspiration
Written by Melcom When I joined bookworm, I was not perfect in my work. Indeed I used to make many mistakes in my work. I was really lost at times and not so disciplined in my work. But it is after meeting people like Sheena de Mello and Priya Naik at Bookworm, things began to […]
LiS is the way our school year ended
Today, we have nearly completed our feedback on 6 of the 7 schools we work with, on the Libraries in Schools Program. We have had meetings scheduled with each school staff and principal and shared our, our struggles and the way forward for LiS to keep going to schools. As I reflect on these meetings, […]
LiS at Kudchire
Written by Flavia Some months ago, Sujata spoke of a village in Goa which she had visited as part of a Research Program – Kudchire. I thought she was talking about Curchorem, a village in South Goa. I was wrong. Kudchire is a village located almost at the border of Goa in Bicholim taluka in […]
Lis at Auxilium Carona
Written by Flavia Tucked away in a corner of the large village of Aldona, lies the ward or ‘vaddo’ of Carona which is home to a small school known as Auxilium, Carona. If you’re from or in Aldona, you only have to say ‘Auxilium’ and everyone will know what you are talking about. Auxilium is […]
2 years as a LiStener
Written by Flavia About 2 years ago, Isa came to my house and asked me whether I would like to be part of Bookworm’s Library Program in Aldona. It seems they were looking for people who lived in Aldona to help rekindle the reading habit in primary school children. Dr. Mrs. Maria Aurora Couto, who […]
Developing a relationship with books
Written by Margaret Developing a relationship with books and eventually coming to love them , is what we try to encourage in schools. As the saying goes ” give a man a fish and you feed him for a day but teach him to fish and he has food for life“. I first heard about […]
Writing stories
Written by Barkha On Friday in Std. 4 at STGPS, we tried to write stories based on ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds along with key concepts from one of four books. These books were ‘Line and Circle’ by Radhika Menon (Tulika), ‘Little blue and Little Yellow’ by Leo Leonni (Harper Collins),’ Ish’, sequel to ‘The […]
My Sunshine Children
Written by Deepali As I am sitting here facing a blank page, it suddenly occurs to me that I have seen such blankness many a times on my children’s faces as they struggle to comprehend what is being said in class. I do not think that I am an accurate face reader or such but […]
Que Sera Sera…
Written by Barkha. Que Sera Sera, Whatever will be will be- The future’s not ours to see, Que Sera Sera… My mother has been a teacher for as long as I can remember. I also remember never wanting to step into her shoes knowing how much I struggled through school and feeling that I was […]
LiS ( Libraries in Schools) is the way, I go to school !
Written by Liza The roads of Aldona I just don’t know-a! When I’m looking at a pretty street That’s when three or four of them just meet So I must think with all my might Was it here that I had to turn right? Which ever way I turn in Aldona, LiS is the way […]