Storying Workshop
Written by Meenal Bookworm was approached by the faculty at S.S.Dempo College of Commerce, to conduct a one hour ‘Storying Workshop’. With the set goal to be achieved as strengthening the expressive writing skills of S.Y.B.Com students who have opted for the DST course, Team Bookworm sat down to outline a simple, structured to conduct […]
What are students looking for ?
I hate to sound cliched because it might mean we are giving up on our youth, but a book fair in a large school was a good reality test on keeping the faith or giving up We were invited to conduct a Book Fair on the 12th of August, a day that is dedicated in […]
Matoli Making at Bookworm
Written by Barkha On 26th evening, we had organized a ‘Matoli Making’ session with artist Vaishnavi Kamat Shankhwalkar. ‘Matoli’ is a wooden canopy which is decorated with seasonal fruits and flowers, mango leaves, leaves, herbs, creepers etc. It is then installed over the idol of Lord Ganesh before the festival of Chaturthi begins. The matoli […]
Preschoolers ? Who cares?
Late last year, it seemed like the Pre School Program would be threatened with the imminent exit of Elaine – our then Preschool Educator Goddess , who created story magic every Saturday for hundreds off little ones over the past 9 years at Bookworm. Like all departures we rallied, got together as a group at […]
Raising a Reader In-house
It is the mission of the work I choose to do, to raise readers. I want to excite them with the possibilities of the book and the story within. I want to ignite the spark of imagination, reflection and learning that comes from good books and I invest enormous amounts of energy in doing this, […]
1000 Facebook Likes
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August 2014 Events Calendar
Upside down in Pre-school Morning
Written by Deepali It was a regular Saturday but with a not so regular concept for my Pre-school Morning. I was going to do the story Upside Down written and beautifully illustrated by T.R Rajesh. The best part of this book is that the words are printed correctly but the illustrations are printed upside down….which […]
Line and Circle
Written by Barkha Sharda Line and Circle is a book by Tulika Publications that discusses the fascinating concepts of both line and circle and the combining of the two for more images and designs. This book uses a very basic method to both familiarize and encourage children to work with forms through lines and circles. […]
July 2014 Events Calendar
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