Village Fair at St. Anthony’s High School, Guirim
A class that feels a library is a place where you have to keep silence, where you get information for projects from, where you learn, get knowledge from, BUT where you don’t sing, don’t draw and most certainly DO NOT PLAY! Krystal and I were in for a moment of bewilderment in classes 6 and […]
How To Pick A Book…
In the last week, at many different times, and in varied contexts, the Bookworm team has been reflecting and discussing ‘what makes a good book’. What is it that make a book “better” than other books? What makes a book “more likely to be picked” and ” a “good book to read aloud”. What is […]
Eid….with Ismat!
Eid is almost here….just 2 days left. We’re choosing books for the LiS schools and MOP sites. ‘What book should I do,’ I wondered. I wanted to pick a book that kids would get and be able to connect with for the week. As I scrolled through the list of big books we have, I […]
Aamchi Tuesdays at Mae dos Pobres
As the red van pulled into the gate of Mae Dos Pobres on a wet Tuesday afternoon, I heard a roar from the school building. It was a resounding sound of cheer and while I parked the van in the front, they spilled out. All two hundred odd little ones in shades of blue. I heard “ ti […]
‘The Village Fair Comes to Our School’
Kasturba Matoshri School, a school from the past , both in terms of the old building it is housed in and BW association with the school. LiS is back in KMS working with Grade 5 and 6 every Wednesday. It is always comforting to meet our MOP children in the classroom. It give them an edge over […]
Of Rain, Snails & Tales…at Kasturba Matoshri High School
We’re always on the lookout for schools we can work with. In this search, we went to visit Kasturba Matoshri. A school nestled in a quiet corner of the heart of Panjim, I didn’t know until a couple of days ago that it was there. Having carved a time on their time table, I went […]
Bringing on the rain at Mae dos Pobres
It’s Tuesday morning. The schedule says we have an early start to get to Nuvem in time for class at Mae dos Pobres. And so we’re off. Sparsh, Sheena and I. Sparsh is going to be shuttling between the 2 of us, Sheena is going through the her lesson plan for her chosen book and […]
Libraries in Schools inaugurated at St. Thomas Boys Primary School, Aldona
Bookworm’s Libraries in Schools program at St. Thomas Boys Primary School, Aldona was inaugurated on 8th July 2013 by Dr. Maria Aurora Couto in the presence of staff, students of the school. Dr. Couto encouraged the children to enjoy the books offered by the program. This school library is supported by Alban Couto Primary School […]
LiS reading away
Our Libraries in Schools ( LiS) program is off to a start in 2 taluka’s in Goa Bardez and Salcete. In Bardez, the village of Aldona – under the Alban Couto Primary School Library Project has two primary schools with books and resources. St. Thomas Boys Primary School and Auxilium Convent. Every week, Isa and […]
If Reading Maketh a Full Man, What Wonders Will Books Not Work for Our Children? – by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, 7th July 2013 Navhind Times
It has been four hundred years since Francis Bacon announced to the world that “Reading maketh a full man,” but he neglected to mention at what age reading should begin. He did point out, however, that “Some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested,” which […]