2 years of Worming around with Bookworm
On 15th of October 2013, I completed my 2 years of working or life with Bookworm, more life than work. Let me start with the usual line that everyone uses “It has been a great learning experience, and an opportunity to grow personally and professionally.” Well it has been, I am not denying it. Quoting […]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
To all of us who read and are familiar with good children’s books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is almost a cliche. I have not read aloud The Very Hungry Caterpillar in any of our MOP sites and the only reason I felt compelled to do so, is because soon I want to support someone in […]
Libraries and an atmosphere of silence
I am only just out of a workshop as a trainer where I attempted together with a colleague Usha Mukunda to steer a group towards understanding the long standing rule ‘ Silence’ in the library. Most of us have grown up with this rule, and have forgotten to question and or reflect on it. Why […]
Exposure visit to Mumbai
As a team at Bookworm, we are constantly given chances to grow and reflect and deepen our understanding of the work we do. In this month, that opportunity came in the form of an exposure visit, to organisations that work with literacy and children’s literature in Mumbai. And so it was that a 3 person […]
Role of practitioners in Story telling
I am writing this blog post as a publisher and as a ‘practitioner’ in some way. Couple of weeks ago Poet/ Writer/ Fabulist, Suniti Namjoshi and Radhika Menon, Director of Tulika Publishers visited Bookworm library space in Taleigao for a friendly chat. During the discussion we talked about lots of things including books and storytelling. […]
Booktalk cards at Chimbel MOP
This week we are using booktalk cards at all our sites. These are cards that prompt some reflection about a book and are beautifully designed by Eva for Bookworm. The sets are colour coded to aid the Resource Person as a guide. Younger readers can choose cards that ask for a booktalk around simpler concepts […]
Nurturing Readers
MOP at St. Inez is gaining ground. Literally. We have moved out of the wee temple space on dry days and use the courtyard in front. It is a tight squeeze with 22 children, a couple of onlookers and 3 RPs. Children sense we have arrived and begin to come, toting BW bags. Small things […]
MOP Calling Volunteers!
Mobile Outreach Program is looking for volunteers. If you are interested, email us at mail@bookwormgoa.in
The Rooster and the Sun at Chimbel!
Quite some time ago, at Chimbel, Sheena and I read the story “Rooster and The Sun”. The story is about a farmer who gets angry at the sun for making it unpleasant when he is working in the fields and tells it to go away. The book has beautiful illustrations which add to the magic […]
Lucky Day
Thursday at Chimbel MOP, we were all set to read Antonio’s Lucky Day. I was excited because this Mexican folk tale had to resonate with the children. It was reminiscent of the Foolish Milkmaid tale that finds its ways into many school language books. I had a game planned, a brilliant scrap book activity, If […]