Look the Moon!
I overheard a question from a recent visitor to Bookworm, asking a new Bookworm team member if we read -aloud non-fiction texts and she said ” no”! I did not behead her or bring out my proverbial whip, but I chose to reflect ( the joys of middle aged, slow approaching wisdom) on how this […]
Libraries in Schools comes to Margao
Our presence in Margao has grown stronger with the welcome that Adarsh V V High School has showered upon the LiS program. Not only do the children await the weekly library class, we have a beautiful room, thanks to a timely investment by the Trustees and a hassle free time table thanks in no small […]
When Saras folded his way into our library
EIGHT library educators, obsessed with school lists, lending books in large quantities, setting grade wise objectives and gathering strength and energy for the academic year that will soon begin. Jewel rushed in to say, Saras is here. My group who are now so well expect the unexpected at Bookworm, looked bemused. I said, wait, we […]
St. Inez Concert Day
It has been 2 years since our MOP site on the St. Inez Bandh began and the children have grown in many ways. We chose to have a concert for the community and the program emerged after much heated discussion and decision making over which songs to include, which story to dramatise, which reading to […]
Guided Participation
In our work, we are presently unable to find any person who can step into the programs and take on a session in spite or despite claims to being bibliophiles, in love with children’s books and children, wanting to always have a wagon of books and share them with all and multiple other claims of […]
Who can decorate the walls of the world better?
Who can decorate the walls of the world better than a butterfly ? Poem Avis Harley I have always loved this haiku for its simplicity and for the thoughts that linger. Who can decorate the walls of the world better, we might constantly ask. I find myself asking this question as I look around another […]
Summer Slides & Sea Saws
Research on reading achievement informs us that there is a significant loss of literacy during summer, impacting lower socio economic groups more than others, due to the presence of literacy resources and literacy engagement in the environment. Library programs rev up for the summer in serious attempts to combat this slide and at Bookworm, we […]
The Talking Bird
Talking is big at Bookworm and context often determines our choices of books. Barkha who works at Bookworm and talks too, brings bits of Kolkata to us every few months on her trips home.So, slowly our space has terracotta artefacts, we all own exquisite ’tant’ sarees, have gorged on ‘mishti doi’, got a group of […]
Drama Day 1
‘Early on a hot Sunday, five princesses and four princes set out across the kingdom of Bookworm to create their crowns, embellish their ornaments, listen to stories and figure out the process of finding a real princess! For — hours, we found ourselves atop horses, over peas, poring over books on space and watching a […]
Graphic Novel Find
I typically keep my biological bookworm son’s out of my blogging space for multiple reasons, but this post has to include them. Bear with me as I share my graphic, graphic novel find of the month ! My now 14 year old son, began to read very,very early through no fault of his own, but […]