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 […]
Happy teacher’s day
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” And the little ones who are inspired everyday were at Bookworm on the evening of the 4th of September making personalized crafts and cards to take to school for Teacher’s Day! The kids were all ears as Elaine read […]
September 2012 Calendar
Celebrating Onam at Bookworm
Pookkalam a word in Malayalam is derived from two words “poo” and “kalam” which means “flowers” and “artwork” respectively. People in Kerala lay this intricate floral artwork on their courtyards on Atham, the first day of Onam. At Bookworm we got our act together on the last day of Onam, 29th August, before the 10 […]
Booktalk on Karmelin with author Damodar Mauzo
Report by booktalker, Norma Pereira Before we knew it, the 20th of August rolled around for the third edition of booktalk – this time to discuss the delightful and eponymously named book – Karmelin. This month we were privileged to have with us the book’s equally delightful award winning author – Damodar Mauzo, who regaled […]
Kids Cook on 14th August
A group of enthusiastic kids….a skilled teacher….and a guarantee of warm orange cup cakes at the end of the day; this is a recipe for a sure shot success of an evening. Thus was the August edition of Kids Cook at Bookworm, held on the 14th of August. Elaine had the kids’ full attention as […]
Save the Frog and The Wedding of the Frogs
The Bebeachem Kazar book was relaunched with support of the Department of Forest ( Goa) and Gallery Gitanjali Pritha Sardessai read aloud verses from the poem and provided listeners with the beautiful rhyme and rhythm that comes with this Classic poem. Rohan Menezes and Noreen Carneiro read verses out in bi lingual form to […]
Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) is back at Merces
Our Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) is back in Merces at the Village Panchayat hall. We conduct the session every Saturday 5 pm. We need volunteers, campaigning support at Merces. If you are interested, please contact Niju Mohan at niju@bookwormgoa.in
August 2012 Calendar
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Workshop at Lemon Tree Public School, Taleigao
Lemon Tree Public Schools in Taleigao is now a part of the School book Treasury! Bookworm was invited to do a workshop for their preschool teachers on the 21st of July. The objective of this workshop was to create a system that facilitated a better reading habit and also, to use books more fruitfully in […]