2 years as a LiStener
Written by Flavia About 2 years ago, Isa came to my house and asked me whether I would like to be part of Bookworm’s Library Program in Aldona. It seems they were looking for people who lived in Aldona to help rekindle the reading habit in primary school children. Dr. Mrs. Maria Aurora Couto, who […]
Developing a relationship with books
Written by Margaret Developing a relationship with books and eventually coming to love them , is what we try to encourage in schools. As the saying goes ” give a man a fish and you feed him for a day but teach him to fish and he has food for life“. I first heard about […]
My Favourite picture book
Written by Analia I started reading storybooks after joining Bookworm. I started enjoying reading and listening to the stories that we would read in the class or library. Before that, I hardly did. I would read the first page and close the book. But now I have found some interest in reading. There were many […]
Turning the Library upside down
Written by Deepali It was a bright sunny morning and we were cleaning our downstairs office room again when I blurted out what was on my mind for quite some days…. “Why can’t we shift the downstairs office room up and bring the Pre-Teen and Teenage sections down??” The suggestion was received with great enthusiasm […]
Bookworm Summer Camp
Themed workshops with a focus on fun and learning… 2 age groups (3 – 6 years and 7 – 12 years) Limited seats 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Weekly Fee Rs. 2000/-* Expert Resource and thoughtful planning *Daily and fortnightly rates are available Food-ing – 13th April – 17th April ( Mon – Fri)Each day […]
Workshop with GVM Trainee Teachers
Written by Krystal In the last year, Bookworm has been requested by the management of the GVM Teacher Training Institute, Ponda to conduct sessions with the trainees to equip them to have a well planed and fully functional library program within their schools and classes. In taking this on, the first (and most crucial) was […]
Writing stories
Written by Barkha On Friday in Std. 4 at STGPS, we tried to write stories based on ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds along with key concepts from one of four books. These books were ‘Line and Circle’ by Radhika Menon (Tulika), ‘Little blue and Little Yellow’ by Leo Leonni (Harper Collins),’ Ish’, sequel to ‘The […]
My trip to Delhi
Written by Melcom If you ask me to sum up my experience at Delhi in one word/ phrase, I would say ‘mind-blowing’, ‘superb’, ‘wonderful’, ‘extraordinary’ and all other possible adjectives that would describe my good feeling. But before that I would really like to share my experience on various phases of my trip to Delhi. […]
My Sunshine Children
Written by Deepali As I am sitting here facing a blank page, it suddenly occurs to me that I have seen such blankness many a times on my children’s faces as they struggle to comprehend what is being said in class. I do not think that I am an accurate face reader or such but […]
Of shopping and selling
Written by Barkha I am loud, I can shout- I can convince you about. I can sell, I can tell I know what will suit you well… I sold for a day, Fine shoes and those with use- High heels and blocks, Pencil ones for the shocks. Never did I think, That there […]