Margao MOP featured in Gomantak Times- 2nd May 2015
Our Mobile Outreach Program has been started in Margao with the support of WE for Fatorda. Gomantak Times did a feature on their GT Positive section.
Goodbye Miss Jessica
Written by Jessica Out of all the things I have undertaken to assist with at BW in my time visiting, I must say that being given the opportunity to run a session at MOP has been a true highlight. One evening, Sujata and I turned up at Cacra. It was Good Friday, and all the […]
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 […]
My Bookworm Inspiration
Written by Melcom When I joined bookworm, I was not perfect in my work. Indeed I used to make many mistakes in my work. I was really lost at times and not so disciplined in my work. But it is after meeting people like Sheena de Mello and Priya Naik at Bookworm, things began to […]
Leaving Bookworm
Written by Jewel Working in Bookworm has been a very unique experience for me all together. It has been a great opportunity for me to work in a place like Bookworm where I not only got to read different types of books but I also got to interact with children from different backgrounds. A place […]
When children write…
Written by Deepali Language learning has many dimensions and reading and writing are parts of this formal learning process. In our LiS program we build on students listening comprehension through story read alouds that include active talk and discussion and then writing and representation. A lot of planning and discussion goes into preparing a Lesson […]
Being a chairman at the MOP meeting
Written by Melcom “A chairperson should be efficient, Need to be punctual for the meeting, Need to design agenda for the meeting, Need to have discipline, Should have ability to control the meeting and the members and not let anyone to speak without their turn”. I feel that I have satisfied all the above features […]
Jumble Sale is coming…
Written by Deepali A new year has begun with new hopes and aspirations for everyone. We, at Bookworm have started our new year on a high note too. Yes, it is that time of the year again…Our Annual Bookworm Jumble Sale is back with super power. As is evident to all, this jumble helps us […]
CESI 2014: Sharing Bookworm’s work at an academic forum
Written by Barkha The Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) holds an annual conference themed around education across different locations in India. We had the privilege to present a paper based on our work at Bookworm in the 5th CESI International Conference held from November 16-18, 2014 at University of Delhi, Delhi. The theme of […]