And then there were 34…
Written by Barkha As we prepared for Saturday’s preschool we were in for an overwhelming surprise. We were reading Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Dr. Seuss’s Book of Wonderful Noises! which is a children’s book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published by Random House in 1970. […]
Teaching little ones in Tonca community to read
Written by Liza The van pulls to a halt at Tonca, Camara bhat where the 3 of us ( Barkha, Megha and myself) have just reached, armed with library books, mats, activity books, stationary box, a register and lots of patience. ‘Good day teacher’ a voice calls, and I look to see Shaalen, one of […]
School Bell…
Written by Deepali We go to Auxilium Caranzalem on every Tuesdays and Wednesdays and what a way to start the week. Every school has a bell that tells everyone when a period is over or when its time to close the books and quieten those hunger pangs or when to escape out from the classes […]
Guddu’s Photo with Pre-schoolers…
Written by Deepali The story for this Saturday was ‘Guddu’s Photo’, a charming story by Nandini Nayar, illustrated by Zeel Sanghvi and published by Tulika which depicts a child’s shyness. A doting mum wants to click a photograph of her son but he refuses to smile and is shy but gets comfortable when each of […]
Book Browsing
Written by Analia It is such a satisfying and heart-warming scene every time the children pick up a book because I see their faces light up with joy and there is also a sense of awe with the knowledge that they can take a book home. I support the children in lending and borrowing of […]
Going Green with Bookworm Jumble Sale 2015
December 2014 Events
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Dressing up with My Mother’s Sari
Written by Barkha When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, “What shall I be?” Shall I be pretty? Shall I be rich? Here’s what she said to me… Last Saturday at the Preschool session we read ‘My Mother’s Sari’, a Tulika picture book written by Sandhya Rao and illustrated by Nina […]
Helping Van
Our trusty red van has done 33762 kilometres, since 2009. This red van has taken books to schools for the past 7 years and till today clocks approximately 250 kms a week. It transports an average of about 1200 books to children every week, drives up hills and down dales. The van carries stationery and […]
My first time at Chimbel
Written by Megha Vitality, one word, I think, that perfectly epitomises my very first session at Chimbel. Chimbel, I believe, boasts the most number of children attendees at any MOP sessions Bookworm has had. I am always incredibly shy during any new MOP session, as both, the children and I, are trying to find our […]