Teaching is a work of heart
Written by Deepali “Teaching is a work of heart” I happened to read this somewhere and it made me pause for a moment and totally agree. So many children touch our lives in different ways and every child makes his own place in our heart. We go to different schools to conduct weekly library sessions […]
Growing our Banyan Tree
The room knows its users. Some months back it knew the hands and the feet of young children who assembled to craft, read, cook and paint. Over the past few months, it knows the hands of the Bookworm team as a working space. It feels their hands. The shelves are called upon to produce something […]
Shelf of the Month: Peace Theme
Written by Deepali A new section in the library has been introduced at the beginning of this month called the ‘Shelf of the Month’. This shelf will have books based on a particular theme which will change every month. The theme for July was ‘Peace’ and what a selection of books…..The Big Book of Peace, […]
Page to Stage
Dramatizing Text Exploring Possibilities with Children’s Stories Residential workshop on 18th and 19th of July Call 09823222665 for details
Bookworm happens!!!
Written by Ajaa A TISS fellowship with Tata Trust, brought me to Bookworm and no doubt, being here is a big ‘Aha’ moment of the year. I admit not being a bookworm literally but here at Goa, I feel so much a Bookworm. This whole unlearning and learning amidst a team of energetic and warm […]
Story Grammar to explore stories
There is research evidence that a sense of structure of stories has a powerful impact on individuals’ expectations while reading stories, the processing of stories, retention and reproduction of content of stories. In brief, understanding story structure more thoroughly appears to help comprehension as well as writing. Both very valuable outcomes desired by the library […]
Look the Moon!
I overheard a question from a recent visitor to Bookworm, asking a new Bookworm team member if we read -aloud non-fiction texts and she said ” no”! I did not behead her or bring out my proverbial whip, but I chose to reflect ( the joys of middle aged, slow approaching wisdom) on how this […]
Bookworm Events Calendar July 2015
Dinosaurs Live On
I haven’t spent time with children for the longest time. Not since I was one, all those years ago. Imagine then, their strangeness for me- the sparking, the delicateness, the wildness. This is a story about something I saw this past month. It has children, and dinosaurs, and the Library where they came together. Bookworm […]
Star struck
Written by Jennifer The Children’s Library Continuing Education Conference (CLCE) 2015 was a star studded event. It brought together, for me, many stars – some who awe and inspire me, some who I’d heard of, some whose work I was acquainted with and some I’d read so much about but never come close to interacting […]