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Story time at NAB, St. Cruz

A wet day in August and I get to share it with my friend and gifted teacher Elaine. We set off for the center both knowing we are reading “Davy’s Scary Journey’ a book that earlier in the month hit some of our key indicators ✓ Available at Bookworm in large print – large format […]

Things you can do with Grandfathers Stick – a Tulika book

MY GRANDFATHER’S STICK Story : Nandini NayarPictures : Kshitiz Sharma A MOP session at Chimbel, our site that teaches us something every time we read aloud.We have now learnt that a bi lingual story allows the children to read aloud one part of the text while we read the other.The Bi lingual book allows children […]

Braille books from UK to Goa thanks to Clear Vision Children’s Braille Library

From the time we included NAB Santa Cruz in our Mobile Outreach Project scope, we have been thinking, worrying and wondering how we will get tactile/braille books. 3 -4 of the children in group are severely visually impaired and read braille. So this became important. We checked for resources within the country and none really […]

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

Teacher, mhaka test di !

Chimbel, a MOP site that overwhelms and excites me. We are still finding our feet, after close to 45 odd sessions over 7 months. We don’t know the demographic, the population, the profiles, the learning levels, what we do know is there is a need. 100 odd children  demanding story and books and even 7 […]

Who loves the RAIN

Thursday 28th June,2012 – a wet day in Panjim, a seemingly ordinary monsoon day and then it rained in my soul! Varsha Amonkar a parent and professional who has only observed Bookworm work from afar, has been pursuing me to visit a The National Association for the Blind, Goa state branch in Santa Cruz, that […]

Mobile Outreach Program is back in Chimbel

June 2nd Session included read aloud of “The Village Fair – Gaon ka Mela” a bilingual story book by Radhika Meganathan with pictures by Nancy Raj and published by Tulika. Children shared what they do/see in a fair and it resonated with the book even before we read the book. This for us, is the […]

Mobile Outreach Program looking for teachers and funders

The van will pull up at outreach sites again from June. Our MOP program is raring to go. Boxes are being packed, story ideas explored and material being readied. We need a MOP teacher and funding support!  MOP seeking funds. Please donate , click here to view the concept note. If you are interesting in […]

Bookworm featured in OHeraldO for NoMoZo

  When cyclists, skaters ruled the street PANJIM: Avid walkers, cyclists and children on skates made the best of the Dayanand Bandodkar Marg on the entire Campal stretch on Sunday morning for a few hours during the No- Motorised Zone ( Nomozo) celebration that lasted from 9.30 am to 12 noon. It was an initiative […]

Bookworm on the streets – literally

Sunday 13th May, Bookworm’s Mobile Library was on D.B Marg, Panaji, participating in a civic moment to garner No Motorized Zones (NoMoZo) for citizens. The team at Bookworm loaded the van with books for all ages, mats, easels, puppets, art material, stories and readers and hit the street. Sunday morning, beneath the canopy of the […]