Upside down in Pre-school Morning
Written by Deepali It was a regular Saturday but with a not so regular concept for my Pre-school Morning. I was going to do the story Upside Down written and beautifully illustrated by T.R Rajesh. The best part of this book is that the words are printed correctly but the illustrations are printed upside down….which […]
Line and Circle
Written by Barkha Sharda Line and Circle is a book by Tulika Publications that discusses the fascinating concepts of both line and circle and the combining of the two for more images and designs. This book uses a very basic method to both familiarize and encourage children to work with forms through lines and circles. […]
My Saturday Smiles Are Back!
Written by Meenal Bale This is a story. A story of nostalgia, of a beginning, a recollection of the ‘ifs’ and the ‘buts’ and the ‘had beens’ that probably became a vital component of the ‘IS’ today. A story of how the ‘Chimbel Warriors’ came into being. Books are indeed our best friend, and at […]
Visit from UWC Mahindra College
Written by Barkha Sharda This week started with an interesting new segment. Bookworm had visitors from UWC, Maharashtra’s Summer Programme ‘Religion in India’. This is a group of pre-university students between 15 and 18 years of age. The group comprised of youth from Germany, Argentina, China, Mexico, Italy, Israel and India. The idea of the […]
July 2014 Events Calendar
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Story-book-art continues
Blog post by Barkha Sharda The second day at ‘Story-book-art’ was an even more interesting day than the first. We started out by reading an ABC Sticker book, ‘Chicka Chicka Sticka Sticka’ by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault. This initiated our discussion on trees and the association with trees. We discussed the fruits that […]
Pre-school mornings are back
Blog post by Deepali Correya Come June and after a two week hiatus, our Pre-School Mornings have started. Every Saturday morning is kept aside especially for all the pre-school cutie pies. We have different themes based on an age appropriate story and exciting games and cute little songs and art and craft and maybe sometimes […]
ART ROOM AT BOOKWORM
Blog post by Barkha Sharda Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. -Maya Angelou Vaishnavi, like the Pied Piper brought in a lovely bunch of children as she made her way to Bookworm. Our first session for ‘Art Room’ (a free art programme […]
Searching for Researchers!
Sethu Trust, in collaboration with Bookworm Trust is conducting a 6 months study on Reading in English in Middle Schools in Goa, starting in July 2014. Commissioned by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the study will cover 12 schools across the state, and explore the literacy level of students, school aspects, teacher and principal attitudes, beliefs and […]
Libraries in Schools started at Auxilium Caranzalem
Written by Deepali Correya Everybody had started their LiS sessions in Aldona and Carona schools except me. I was behind schedule by almost a week as I had not received confirmation for the classes that I was to do. Finally!!! everything was confirmed and our classes were to begin on the 17th. The D-day arrived […]