The Seed at Tonca Mobile Outreach Program
Blog post by Deepali Correya I am a volunteer for the Tonca MOP since mid-November and given that I am a preschool teacher, I was supposed to take the little ones under my wing. The little ones would approximately be between ages 4 to 7/8 years. This particular experience is rather a touching one as […]
The w(heel)ill to learn
Blog post by Sebanti Chatterjee My association with Bookworm started not so long ago. It was during the last week of November that I actually got involved with the wide range of activities that are carried out here. The first site which introduced to me MOP activities was St. Inez. Children at St. Inez have […]
Stories in Graded Readers
The graded / levelled reader has long been criticized for its artificial chunking and arrangement of text. Readers of this nature have been cited as the texts that destroy the natural ability to make meaning whilst reading and often lead the ‘reader’ into a fine pattern of breaking up words and decoding them. Sing Mother […]
Shivaji’s Exposure visit to Bookworm
We have been waiting for Shivaji a long time. This is Shivaji Godhraj, a gentleman who works hard and quietly in the hilly terrain of Dhadgaon Nandurbar District , Maharashtra. I have been particularly wanting to bring Shivaji to Goa to share our library work with him as he works with an organisation Janarth that […]
Hair Scare
One of the primary qualities of good stories is the doorways they provide. A doorway to go in and reflect and connect with self and then to go out and connect with other people. These synapses come to all who read. However, being adult I tend to seek these entry points for the children I […]
Funny Fred At MOP Taleigao
The Taleigao MOP site has a serious age divide. The group attracts really little ones who are emerging into literacy and reading and slightly older more motivated readers who want to emerge into the literate world. The book I had chosen was Funny Fred. A simple yet charming book by Pete Coplan about Fred’s first […]
Current Openings at Bookworm – January 2014
Wanted graduates with a passion for education to work part time or full time in projects initiated by Bookworm. Email at careers@bookwormgoa.in or Call 0832 2451233 between 10.00 – 1.00 – 3.00 – 7.00 . Other openings for Summer of 2014 is available at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/bookworm/careers/
Bookworms at Kathavana, Children’s literature Festival by Azim Premji Foundation
Kathavana was imagined as a Children’s Literature Festival over 3 days in the heart of ‘old’ Bangalore. The Festival made efforts in programming to cover a wide range of dimensions of Literature from oral, performing arts, print and visual media. Authors and illustrators were invited to interact with children and conduct workshops. In addition there […]
Christmas at the Library
On the 24th of December, while cribs are being finished off and stars are being lit, while sweets are being filled and fried and carolers drinking ginger tea, our Mobile Outreach Team organised a Christmas visit to Bookworm library for two MOP sites. St. Inez and Taleigao. The children from the Taleigao site dressed up […]
Special Christmas Books
2013, I have squeezed in many different dimensions of work around books almost like Charlie Brown, I find two aspects have been central and they dominate my vision for work in 2014. Good books that encompass not just a story that remains central but also illustrations that dominate and provide a visual feast to my […]