Visitors to our Community Library at Cacra
By Stephie Madurai and Anandita Rao Towards the end of November, we had participants from different parts of the country, visit Bookworm for a week long Library workshop. The Wipro Library workshop brings together participants from different organisations, associated with the Wipro Foundation and interested in library and the possibilities it holds. As part of […]
Of colours and birds at MOP Chimbel
From the month of November 2019 there are two sessions at MOP Chimbel that stayed with me the most. These are a poetry session on ‘My Many Coloured Days’ by Dr. Seuss and another Read Aloud and bird watching activity based on the story of ‘Salim Mamoo and Me’ by Zai Whitaker, illustrated by Prabha […]
Going on an Adventure
Following the midterm exams and with holidays ongoing, we wanted to do something different at our community library site at BLC. Being a boy’s home, the children generally spend much of their time inside during the holidays and restlessness hovers around within the walls. We decided to do a session based on the story ‘Sam […]
Home away from Home
Written by Blaise D’sa, Library in-charge, Alban Couto Community Library I have a ‘Home’ away from home. A pretty, cosy little nook tucked away in a corner of the Aldona Parish centre which comes alive by mid evening with children running to and fro either borrowing or returning books or some sprawled on the floor […]
A Volunteer’s Inner Journey
Written by Radhika Chhabra I found Bookworm Trust online a little more than a year ago after I moved to Goa from the capital city and I’m so glad I did, on both fronts. Settled in my new environment, I felt a piece of me still missing. I searched for a more meaningful way to […]
Puppet Theatre at the Mobile Outreach Program in Cacra
The days were close to the mid term exams of the children. Most children were busy studying, completing their books and at home there was seriousness and we could feel the children being under exam pressure. This was true for all age groups from std 1 to std 7 children who are very much part […]
Connections Between and Within
Often when people think of what a library session does, they imagine it simply as a session that would help in learning to read, and to build some literacy skills. But how do we talk about everything else that happens when we listen and interact with stories? During our library sessions, there are some things […]
Special Sessions in Chimbel Library
Facilitating a session and making it as interesting as possible for children to have fun in the library has become my objective. In the past few months, the attendance of the children at our Chimbel site has been dropping drastically due to various reasons such as tuitions, prayer calls, games and other activities. When the […]
On selecting Read Aloud stories
“What kind of books should we select for Read Alouds at MOP Chimbel?” was my question in a conversation with our Director, Sujata Noronha at the start of October. The response was in the form of another question, “what trends are you observing in the children visiting the library in the last few sessions?” This […]
Highlights of Cacra MOP in the Month of September
As much as we love to share the love of reading, the children of Cacra in return share their love back to us by coming to the community library at Cacra twice a week.Keeping Bookworm’s vision alive, we try to create interesting activities for each session in order to keep the children’s engagement alive. Some […]