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Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 3

Blog post by our intern Francesca Today’s session was conducted by Eva, Karuna and I. Sujata, sadly, was not present with us today, and we knew we had some pretty big shoes to fill! However, the three of us interns worked well together and with the children, and we had quite an interesting session. I […]

Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 1

I consistently learn from the children and I know I will learn from our interns; Francesca, Karuna and Eva too. What I learnt today was that children are indeed philosophers even by accident and Anousha’s question about Who are you? was so profound. The scaffolding of Karuna for Aryan led to a beautiful piece of […]

They played…with clay!

Dirt under your nails….a parents’ worst nightmare! But I have a feeling that on this particular day; following Bookworm’s second summer workshop- Clay Play with Milan Khanolkar; even the Mamas and Papas didn’t mind the dirt on their kids’ hands! In skilled hands, the session started off with Milan simply telling the kids to….MAKE something! […]

Art…became Craft!

Art becoming craft….colour, fun, creativity, expression. Rather a good way to start the 2013 summer vacation wouldn’t you say?! The kids at the first of Bookworm’s summer workshops; Art besomes Craft; certainly seemed to think so! A workshop that happened on the 1st and 2nd of April, Art becomes Craft aimed at providing the kids […]

Eggggggciting News….and stories too!

  Ahhhhhh…Saturday morning! And what better way to kick off the Easter weekend than an egg hunt?! And so it was! Bookworm and a bunch of excited kids headed off to F.L. Gomes Park in Campal for a morning of fun in the sun!   Starting off with a story (but ofcourse!) called Easter Egg […]

Kids Read. Kids Kids Whip. Kids Cook.

What’s the best way to get a kid’s attention?? A story book? Chocolate? Well yes…both these would work. But put the 2 together, and you have a sure recipe for success! And so it was on this Kids Cook evening that we we decided to read a book…. Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose. This delightfully […]

Bookworm at Goa Chitra

Bookworm was invited to participate in the Traditional Christmas Revival hosted by Goa Chitra – the ethnographic Museum in Benaulim and this time we said yes. Krystal loaded the van, with books for browsing and reading, books for sale , craft supplies and a Christmas tree and we set off! We arrived at the museum […]