Getting Ready to RiP (Read in the Park)!!
(posted by Flavia Lobo) The eve of the Reading in the Park at Aldona. The BW mouse? No – Krystal’s on the kitchen counter ensuring that BW has the appropriate stationary in stock for the first BW event in Aldona which is not in a school. Why does BW store stationary in a kitchen cabinet? […]
The Creek Trail
We were in two minds whether to go ahead with the walk as it was raining heavily that evening. But in the spirit of things, Tallulah, who leads the Green Print program, Suhani, Sushmita, Evans, Marietta and I set off to explore the creek at St. Cruz. On reaching the creek the weather let up […]
What are you afraid of? – Nothing!
Saturday morning is here again and this time I didn’t have anything to be afraid of. Elaine was here Most of the little ones in our group didn’t think of anything they were afraid of. Except Dhairya who told us about the “goon goon” that haunts him at night. Are there […]
Whose Mouse Are You?
It’s a wet, wet Saturday morning. But where are the kids?! It’s getting late…maybe Preschool Saturday won’t happen today?! 10:30 on the dot and in 5 minutes, Preschool Saturdayis on! The theme today is ‘Family Ties’ and in theme for the week to come, we’re celebrating Raksha Bandhan. The book for the day is ‘Whose […]
We set out to play with colour, and we sure did! – Art with Eva
Blog post by Eva We talked about our activity as the day got closer. Chetna will do the read aloud of the book “The cat and the bird”, inspired from Paul Klee’s painting “Cat and bird”. I would lead the art activity that follows, after saying a few words about his life and work, in […]
Racing around on a Saturday morning!
Driving, No! Racing around the Library… Saturday morning was back with a beep! Yes, you heard right! Beep! Beep! Coming through… Preschool kiddies scrambled into the library…Mete, Malaika, Marcel and we even had new faces- Meera and Gabriel. Elaine began tooting away with ‘the horn on the car’ goes toot! toot! toot! And all the […]
They came. They baked. They tasted.
It’s a damp Thursday evening. On the scrubbed tables are bowls, whisks, a weighing scale, cup measures and an assortment of ingredients. The oven stands in place ready for when the time and temperature are just right. By 5:15, we have a set of kids who are ready to whip things up. There’s a happy […]
And We Read Comics
It’s Read-a-Comic Day at the library. Om, the first participant walks in with an air of anticipation. Its his first visit to the library, so he looks around curiously as he is ushered to the comic section. “Who’s your favourite comic character?” and the the prompt response is “Spiderman!” His eyes widened in excitement as […]
Tails and Tales
(posted by Shruti Murali) We thanked the heavens as we stepped from the scorching heat into the draft of the air conditioner at the Central State Library. The number of kids at the children’s section seemed more than usual at the first glance and I grinned internally. The Reading Adventure had been tweaked now, and […]
A last session of stirring it up… (Day 6)
Its the last day of the stir it up week…..and what a last day it was! The kids were excited as usual, the people at Bookworm, not so so excited. But just for one reason…..there’s no lights in the area today! …and both things we’re doing today are baking oriented! *trying hard not to panic* […]