Mobile Outreach Program is back in Chimbel
June 2nd Session included read aloud of “The Village Fair – Gaon ka Mela” a bilingual story book by Radhika Meganathan with pictures by Nancy Raj and published by Tulika. Children shared what they do/see in a fair and it resonated with the book even before we read the book. This for us, is the […]
Mobile Outreach Program looking for teachers and funders
The van will pull up at outreach sites again from June. Our MOP program is raring to go. Boxes are being packed, story ideas explored and material being readied. We need a MOP teacher and funding support! MOP seeking funds. Please donate , click here to view the concept note. If you are interesting in […]
Extending stories in the classroom to link with literacy and learning.
Eleven educators who work in classrooms in Goa, met at Bookworm to consolidate activities for story extension in the classroom. Objective: Create a Resource Book for Story extension ideas for teachers and others to use once read aloud is done in the classroom. To pilot the activities in School Book Treasury Classrooms through observations, demonstrations, […]
Bookworm featured in OHeraldO for NoMoZo
When cyclists, skaters ruled the street PANJIM: Avid walkers, cyclists and children on skates made the best of the Dayanand Bandodkar Marg on the entire Campal stretch on Sunday morning for a few hours during the No- Motorised Zone ( Nomozo) celebration that lasted from 9.30 am to 12 noon. It was an initiative […]
Updating Literacy Knowledge: beyond the abc of writing
A participatory workshop to understand how knowledge is organised in written texts, looking at the various forms of presenting knowledge visually in writing. The goal is to work with educators and use this exploration to sensitise selves about the varying contextual needs of literacy knowledge and education. The workshop focuses on how literacy is concerned […]
Bookworm on the streets – literally
Sunday 13th May, Bookworm’s Mobile Library was on D.B Marg, Panaji, participating in a civic moment to garner No Motorized Zones (NoMoZo) for citizens. The team at Bookworm loaded the van with books for all ages, mats, easels, puppets, art material, stories and readers and hit the street. Sunday morning, beneath the canopy of the […]
Bookworm with NoMoZo featured in Navhind Times Buzz 12th May 2012
Panaji is going to witness a unique citizen’s initiative called NoMoZo (Non-Motorized Zone), which will make its debut on Sunday, May 13 between 9 a.m. to 12 noon on a stretch of road between Kala Academy and 2 Signal Training Centre. A non-motorized zone is a designated length of road where adults, children, senior citizens […]
Bookworm at NoMoZo
While Panjim is kicking the driving habit at NoMoZo, Bookworm is calling all readers to bring their reading habit to the streets. So join us for “Cholta Cholta Treasure Hunt” we’ll see Panjim as we never have before. And while we’re at it, we’ll show you how we’ve already taken reading to the streets with […]
May 2012 Calendar
Please click to open in bigger size May events at Bookworm. Please pass the Calendar and the word around. We need a buzz to stay alive:-) and we need kids and parents to come through those doors!
What educators say about Bindi Su
Educator Jennifer Thomas at Muktaangan Schools, Mumbai …. Tuesday was over all the best day of my week so far, thanks to Bindi Su. So I started with a small picture talk with the std II children. They tried to guess what Bindi Su was looking at the cover page. They came up with many […]