Bookworm Trust

Rain at Bookworm

Saturday morning, a wet day in Panjim and 15 preschoolers celebrated this natural phenomenon. Our session opened with talk about the rain, what we feel, what we hear, what we can touch, taste and smell and what we see.  Young 5 year olds shared how the colour of the rain clouds change from dark, dark […]

Get Graphic by Goa Writers group

The Goa Writers group will be organising an exposure session introducing writers and artists to the world of the graphic book. The two-hour event will be held on Tuesday, July 10, starting 5pm, at a venue to be announced soon.  Vivek Menezes and Jose Lourenco will make presentations on the subject. Amruta Patil, author of […]

Gurukul Academy join The School Book Treasury

Gurukul Academy invited Bookworm to organise a workshop. The main objective was that Gurukul Academy wishes to set up an active library program in the school and wanted all stakeholders in parents and teachers to be appraised of the same. The workshop was held on Saturday 24th June, 2012 Resourced by Sujata Noronha and titled […]

Sharing CII intervention study

Mr Anil Kher President of CII shared a report of a 4 year Primary school Intervention undertaken by him and his team in schools in Corlim, Goa. The sharing session was attended by some representatives of CII team and some educationists who work in Elementary Education .  Prima facie sharing revealed that the time frame […]

Pages from a wildlife artist’s Sketch book

Bookworm in collaboration with International Center Goa (ICG) present Pages from a wildlife artist’s Sketch book.   Bird watching in the Andaman islands with wildlife artist Carl D’Silva at The International Centre Goa (ICG), Dona Paula on Friday 29th June at 6:00pm. Learn about some of Carl’s sightings on the island and have a look […]

Kids Cook–June edition

What’s the only thing that’s more fun than baking a cake???? Dipping your finger in for a taste of the batter, of course! And our junior chefs had all of that…..learning to make bake, surreptitious dipping of fingers in the batter bowls and LOTS OF FUN! Our own master chef Elaine took the kids through […]

Booktalk is going Local!

And our 2 year old online reading club, is going from virtual to local. So, come join us at our library space on the 20th of every month (spare if it’s a Sunday) from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and we’ll go through a book the way bookworms do! Launching on 20th June 2012, book choices for next […]

June 2012 Calendar

Preschool Saturdays are back, so bring your little one in for a morning of fun and imagination Updating Literacy Knowledge Beyond the ABC : 1st June 10am – 5pm. Fee Rs. 200/- Green path is back!, so come to take a walk with us on the green side! – 13th June Bookworm at NoMoZo: Partnering […]

“Updating Literacy Knowledge – beyond the a b c” by Lynn Mario T de Souza

Bookworm organized a participatory workshop “Updating Literacy Knowledge, beyond the a b c” at the library premises in Taleigao. The workshop was on the 1st of June, 2012. Resourced by Dr. Lynn Mario T de Souza, a Professor of Linguistics at the University Of Sao Paolo Brazil, the workshop touched on understanding how knowledge is organized […]