Teacher Training in time of Corona
Written by Nayan Mehrotra and Pranita Naik The Library in School (LiS) program was primarily focussed on conducting sessions in schools that were part of the program, teacher mentoring and capacity building workshops. Our aim was to build an engagement with the collection that strengthens comprehension, awareness of the world and self and seeds lifelong […]
Why Library ‘Report’ Cards are important to children
The word report carries a lot of weight. For example, if it is a medical report the patient has to wait for the doctor to analyse it and proceed accordingly. A college report decides a student’s future course of action. In a school report card, parents and children get a view of how the child […]
Non Fiction and Read Aloud
Written by Bookworm Team Read Alouds as a mode of bringing students closer to texts, enhancing the story experience, strengthening comprehension, and benefitting reading achievements are established by bodies of research (Burns et al., 1998). Read Alouds enable students to listen to text voiced that may be beyond their immediate decoding level and their understanding […]
Displays: The Shift
A library is amongst many things a place for finding books to browse and read. Reading fills our minds with curiosity, transporting an individual to another world. On its shelves, the library holds precious books that could be overlooked at times. In order to open up the collection to our readers at Bookworm, we often […]
Home visit turned into community visit
Back story As children, we never had our teachers coming home, for any reason, be it our progress reports or our syllabus reports or even just a cordial interaction with our parents. The concept of home visits was fairly new to us when we realised we need to do them as a community building experience […]
LIBRARY TRAINING AND MENTORING PROGRAM 2019-20 Sharing Learnings and Experience
9th March 2020 will be remembered as one of the most memorable moments in Bookworm because it is the day where 15 teachers were felicitated for participating and completing Bookworm’s ‘Training and mentoring program’. it was a privilege to be with these teachers on their journey of learning more about library and how this work […]
The memories of Yo Ya Vachuya
Reading can be for joy, to be informed, to learn new words, to be transported into imaginary worlds and much more. Reading allows children to wander through their own imagination. It helps them develop language and listening skills in addition to helping them understand. So, Yo Ya Vachuya, which means ‘Come Lets Read’ sessions that […]
A look into the lives of Bookworm RPs, preparing for sessions
Yet another day at Bookworm and there is a buzz among the Resource Persons (RPs). Melcom- Can you please advise what will be a good extension activity. Stephie- Can you check if I am singing the song correctly? Jewel- I need to print a worksheet. Terence- Anything else to be taken? Sakshi- All the big […]
Dream – An aspiration
Every individual has a right to dream. A dream to become someone in life. Some dreams come easy while others take strength to even be dreamt. Some require battles to achieve while others are achieved through hard work and perspiration. Some keep altering as the person changes, while others remain constant. Not everyone has access […]
Training and Mentoring Program – Workshop 3
At the start of this, March 2019, we received a Grant from the British Council under the English Language Training and Mentoring Scheme to pilot a ‘ teacher – training’ program for primary school teachers. We have organised these trainings along with our Cipla Foundation supported work with schools and are piloting a Training and […]