May Calendar
Bookworm partners with Sethu for Autism awareness event
It all began with a request for Bookworm to participate in Sethu‘s Autism Awareness Week event at the Garica d’ Orta Park, Panjim. It was hardly a blue suggestion, and one that required an affirmative response. So, I set to work , thinking of how we could participate and keep reading central. This should be […]
Bookworm Summer Program 2014 Schedule
Bookworm’s Summer Program combines the best of creative language arts to give participants an enriching creative experience. Each daily session is themed and will cover all language art and creative areas of reading, writing, creating, imagination, discovery and exploration. Sessions will also include short outdoor experiences linked to the theme and children will be supervised […]
November 2013 Calendar
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Book Selection
Recently I went to Udaipur to attend a course on Library Educators. During this 1st contact period, a few books were on “Selection Of Good Books”. Having being associated with the library for some time now, I felt I had an insight as to what a good books. I was in for a pleasant surprise, […]
September 2013 Calendar
Suniti Namjoshi and Radhika Menon’s visit
We were recently graced by a visit from Suniti Namjoshi, children’s writer and fabulist, and Radhika Menon, senior editor from Tulika Publishers. After a quick round of introductions to the rest of the team at Bookworm we all settled down for a brief chat. Suniti commented that writing for children was not an easy task. […]
Reading Helpers at Bookworm
‘Reading Helpers’, a program to support struggling readers, was initiated at the library, in early July. Every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, for about an hour and a half, six children have been coming in regularly, where they each have a teacher who works with them on a one-on-one basis. It took a few sessions to […]
Of Struggles and Joys
I am going to talk about 3 things today; about people, money and systems. The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. – Vince Lombardi A close-knit team is the backbone of any successful organisation. Although Bookworm appears to be a romantic place to be in and to […]
Story read aloud and book fair at Regina Mundi School, Chicalim
“What season are we in?” was the question Elaine posed to the Std 3 students of Regina Mundi School. So many little hands went up wanting to answer. The story ‘Rain’ was being read out aloud. Initially a bit of coaxing was required for the children to answer but within a few minutes all the […]