A School Concert
For a long time this month our school program has been at the receiving end of Concert Chaos. Yesterday I had the joy of being at the other end, Concert Celebrations ! Sr Celine from The Auxilium Convent, Caranzalem, a LiS supported school invited me to be Chief Guest at the Pre school Annual Day […]
Print in the Classroom
Children extract meaning from their environment through signs. Although they are not actually reading at an early age (Stahl & Murray, 1993), visually distinctive environmental print (product labels, restaurant signs, street signs) help children to understand their environment, become involved in it, and locate particular services and activities for future occasions. Research has shown that […]
When the past presents
I was working on some books at Bookworm, one afternoon and a gentle pair of hands covered my eyes and transported me decades back to “guess who”? I attempted tried and tested ways of feeling, touching clothes, yanking hair and finally heard the voice and it was Sheena! Looking rested and much better than she […]
Who supports Whom
Administering our Libraries in Schools program is not a routine task. I subscribe to the anonymous idiom , “God is in the detail “ but there may be some who think it is the devil! Each LiS Class has both back end and onsite documentation and recording. These administrative tasks have been typically handed to […]
LiS with a student volunteer
We have a new LiS school, approximately 50 Kms from Taleigao in the village of Kudchire in Bicholim Taluka. How we got here and why , I reserve for a separate post for now I want to to share my joys in Student Volunteers who convince me that there is a hope and it is […]
Dancing on Walls at Padri Bhat
My Knights at the MOP table scouted around, discovered a small group of 26 houses amidst a coconut grove and stumbled upon approximately 45 children waiting for stories. We had a new site. The name of the ‘bhat’ ( coconut grove) has been contentious because some of the children refer to it as Peter […]
Mobile Outreach Program’s 3rd Anniversary and new MOP site at Padri Bhatt
THREE years ago, around this time of the year; we started the Mobile Outreach Program ( MOP). From then the program has grown in many ways; Pedagogy, Programming, Administration, Reporting and Feedback have been improved and evolved to achieve the vision of the program of taking books to children in underprivileged communities who deserve it […]
Yeta
Like many rich languages of the world, Konkani does not have a word that easily fits good bye. For our MOP site in Cacra, Goa, that has been such a special thing. When we left in 2013, we said ‘ yeta’ to our children. Literally meaning we will be back but metaphorically meaning we are […]
Gandhi – Pictures and Stories…
Ahead of the Swachh Bharat campaign which was launched on 2nd October, I was cleaning out the shelves at Bookworm, collecting all the Gandhi book we have and looking forward to a week of reflection and remembering the Mahatma. When we first procured Picture Gandhi written by Sandhya Rao and published by Tulika, Chennai; we […]
Reading in the School at Regina Mundi School, Chicalim
When Br. Anish, Principal of Regina Mundi school invited Sujata to do a book event, she jumped at the opportunity and so did the team at Bookworm. An 11 member strong team signed up to go and read stories in classes 1 – 5. For classes 6 – 8, a Story Book Quiz was planned […]