Announcing Children’s Book Fest
Details to be announced soon!
December 2012 Calendar
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Butterflies Fluttering along the Green Path
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. ~Vladimir Nabokov This months edition of Green Path was a butterfly walk led by Parag Rangnekar; author of Butterflies in Goa. And the kids loved it! The group started their walk into the field at 5:15 p.m. on the 27th of November; and the search […]
Playing with Paint
Playing with paint…..AND being productive! Who ever thought that using old plastic jars along with some acrylic paint would result in this much fun?! On this evening however, Prerna delighted the kids with this simple yet lively art activity. Together, they read the book Little Blue, Little Yellow and Prerna spoke to the kids on […]
Saturday mornings at Bookworm
“Good morning everyone, are we happy to be back at Bookworm?” A loud ‘Yes ‘comes the reply from the kids happily settled on the mats, ready for the Saturday morning session to start. “I know what we are going to do today” pipes someone, ‘me too’ adds another and we are off exploring the theme […]
Art Appreciation with Soumik Majumdar from Santiniketan
We appreciate Sanjiv Mirchandani of Indian Ateliers for embracing Bookworm’s work with children and art. Sanjiv first intimated us about Soumik Majumdar, an art historian who works with children to awaken the ability to appreciate art – as art for arts sake as well as, as a part of the human experience. We liked Soumik […]
October 2012 Calendar
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An Archaeologist at Bookworm
What makes an archaeologist dig and why ? This and other questions were answered and shared by Brian Wilson, a young, articulate, giving archaeologist at Bookworm on Friday 14th September. Brian is in Goa on a Full bright Fellowship ‘ doing a surface search’ and examining ceramic shards and pottery in Old Goa. He shared […]
Reading Susheela’s Kolams with Pratham Books
8th of September, WORLD LITERACY DAY and Bookworm agreed to participate in Pratham Books program to read Susheela’s Kolams. We read the book at 4 locations on the day Bookworm Library Space – on preschool morning Bookworm MOP – Taleigao – evening Bookworm MOP – Merces – evening Bookworm MOP – Chimbel – evening Once […]
World Literacy day celebrations with Pratham Books – Read aloud of Susheela’s Kolams
We are celebrating World Literacy day by participating in a nationwide read aloud of Pratham books. The book chosen by Susheela’s Kolams. Bookworm will participate by doing the read aloud and follow-up activity at 3 Mobile Outreach Program sites ( Chimbel, Merces and Taleigao at 5. 00 pm ), expected impact of around 100 children […]