Launch of Cholta Cholta – Walking Tours of Panjim

You are specially invited to the launch of Cholta Cholta – Walking Tours of Panjim

Date: Thursday 8th of December

Venue: Mini Open Air Auditorium – Kala Academy

Time: 4.00 pm followed by a Cholta Cholta led by Pritha Sardessai

We hope to have the active participation of Panjim & heritage lovers and all cholta cholta participants. The evening will include a cholta game for the children, sharing of Panjim stories, the official book release, sale and signing of book copies and a walk led by Pritha Sardessai.

We look forward to seeing you and would appreciate a RSVP. Please RSVP by mail bookworm_goa@yahoo.com or facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/138731126235419/

Anita Pinto’s Espi Mai is Stuck Again and Other Goan Tales book release

http://bookwormgoa.in/2011/10/22/anita-pintos-espi-mai-is-stuck-again-and-other-goan-tales-book-release/

Bookworm turns Six!

 

 

Six Year Reflection

Dear Bookworm Supporter,

Please read the attachment and thank you!

Sujata & Elaine

 

 

 

 

 

Support Book Treasury

Dear friends,

If you have family/friends in the Toronto area of Canada, please forward this flier to them.

Please have a look at the flier, and forward to people who might support or forward onward to other people to grow the idea.

Bookworm Library Fund Raiser

Activities at Bookworm

 

 

 

 

We recently had a fun writing workshop with Jose Lourenco at Bookworm. Please click on the link below to see a quick snapshot of all that we did!

CHAPBOOKS

 

 

 

 

August Pick on Booktalk

Grandma’s Tale about Lord Krishna, 20th Aug 2011

Roopa Bandekar shares her grandma’s tale about Lord Krishna. Come listen, laugh and delight at the telling of His adorable tricks and charming ways as we prepare for Janmashtami.

 Day & Date: Saturday, 20th August

Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm

Venue: Bookworm Library, St. Inez, Panaji

Age: Preschoolers

Raakhi Crafts & Art History – Friday, 12th August

Art Through Art History - begins this Friday 12th August. 3.00 – 4.30 pm @ Bookworm.  Ages 7 + Fee: Rs. 1000/- ( 4 sessions) Resource: Noreen Carneiro.  Call to register.

Raakhi Crafting - make your own raakhi- upto 4 unique designs and styles @ Bookworm on Friday 12th August from 5.00 – 7.00 pm  All ages. Fee: Rs. 100/- Resource: Elaine Mendonsa. Come.

Art History for Kids at Bookworm

Bookworm announces

ART EXPLORATION THROUGH THE GREAT MASTERS

A program developed to encourage children to engage with artists through art history.
An introduction to important Goan artists is also woven into the program.

Sessions include audio visuals, books and experiential exploration of techniques and styles of the Great Masters in Art from around the world. Children will be encouraged to think in art terminology.

The Module consists of 4 Friday sessions in the month of August.

Starts: Friday, August 5th 2011

Place: Bookworm, St. Inez

Time: 3.00 – 4.30 pm

Age: 7 years and above

Facilitator: Noreen Carneiro

Fee: Rs. 1000/- for the Module

Saturday Morning@Bookworm: Theme Frogs

Tactile: Making froggie cup cakes and eating them too!Tactile: Making froggie cup cakes and eating them too!

Saturday Morning: Theme Frogs

Logical: Froggie Craft following crafting steps to create a frog holderLogical: Froggie Craft following crafting steps to create a frog holder

Saturday Mornings: Theme Frogs

Rhythm : Little Green Frog

Kinethetic: Lily Pad Jump

Saturday Mornings: Theme Frog

Puppet Play: Poem Jump Song

 

Verbal: Talk about Frogs - where do we see them, when, what do they look like, sounds they make, food they eat ...

Cholta Cholta, 1st July

Cholta Cholta is exploring the British Cemetery, Raj Bhavan and Dona Paula Jetty.

Friday 1st July, 2011

Time: 5. 00 pm at the British Cemetery ( take the road leading to Cabo Raj Nivas, stop at the sign post for the Cemetery)

Fee: Rs. 100.00 Child/Adult

Carry rain wear and prepare to be soaked in history and architecture. Our Cholta experience will include a walk in the Cabo Raj Nivas gardens, explanation about the architecture of the Governor’s Palace, tomb stones at the Cemetery that date back to the 1800s and views of the Arabian Sea in the monsoon.

Come and soak it all in.

 

Please call 9850323239/9823222665 (3.00 – 7.00 pm) to register.

Saturday Mornings @ Bookworm

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Preschool Language Enrichment Program@Bookworm

Preschool Language Enrichment Program- every Saturday.

June 25th theme: Seeds and things that grow. 

Sat @ Bookworm

Theme RAIN . Preschoolers led by Elaine, explored the season in a multi sensory way.

Oral :

Talk about the season – what you see/hear/smell/ feel

What does the rainy season mean?

Visual :

Looking at books on Rain. Some of the titles were

Talk about what they saw –

Spotted an umbrella/puddles

Auditory and group work:

Monsoon chorus: What sounds do we hear during the rains.

Reasoning and logic while having fun:

How many fit under the Umbrella? Physically looking at size and counting.

Umbrellas and colour through four corners game.

Listening to a story:

Read Aloud: RAIN – Manya Stojic

Explored the events and moods of the story – animals and their senses

Music and Movement:

Rhymes and songs about the Rain

Hands On, tactile work:

Crafting a rain window and painting a wet scene.

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Book Talk June Pick

 

 

 

If you’d like to read this book with us this month, please send us an email or just leave a comment here and we’ll contact you!

 

Kids Cook

Lets Plant Trees

Bookworm, took Tulika’s latest book…

Let’s Plant Trees to Campal Park, Panaji.

Children read the book, connected with content by playing games and identifying trees in the park and went home with saplings to plant trees.

Bookworm going places!

This summer, the Bookworm van has been driving around Caranzalem and Miramar, urging children to read and  look at book at their doorstep.

Painting at Dawn, 22nd May, 2011

Bookworm announces another exciting opportunity to learn and capture a scene at dawn.

Sunday 22nd, May, 2011.

5.30 am – 7. 30 am.

Kala Academy waterfront – near the old lighthouse.

Artist Uday Kumar from Hampi will guide participants in painting an early morning landscape.

Open to ages 9 and above. Adults welcome

Fee: Rs. 500/- Material will be provided.

Please call Bookworm 9823222665 or Elaine  9850323239 to register by Saturday. Registration compulsory.

Specials In May 2011

Monday 9th May: Goa through her crafts - a session at Aparant, Crafts Complex, Neugi Nagar, Panaji Goa

 

Learn more about our State through handicrafts and arts. This field trip  will be guided by Pritha Sardessai at Aparant from 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm.

 

Please come to Bookworm by 3.30 pm or arrive directly at Aparant by 4.00 pm. Call Bookworm to confirm. Fee: Rs. 50/-

 

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Friday 13th May:Leaves – Trees – Plants :

 

To celebrate and explore Tulika’s newest title : Lets Plant Trees by Vinod L H Eshwar , an outdoor session sprouting with readings, books, activities and exploration about leaves – trees – plants awaits you at the F.L G Garden, Campal, Panaji. Open to all ages, call Bookworm to register. 4. 30 pm – 6.00 pm. Fee: Rs. 50/-

 

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Wednesday 18th May: Musuem Day:  Cholta Cholta – Art and Story – Creating and Crafting Memories – Sketching

 

Celebrating Musuem Week with young children at Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa, from 9.30 am – 4.00 pm. For ages 7 and above. Please call Bookworm or MOCA, Old Goa to register.

Also, our regular story hour through out the month, come!

Cholta Cholta:Walking and Sketching

We are uploading the sketches that the children made after the last Cholta Cholta. Please click on the link below to view them. And of course, come join the next Cholta Cholta for more fun!

Walking and Sketching – Altinho1

Summer Workshops@ Bookworm

Green Thumb:Garden Workshop

Cholta Cholta – Walking and Sketching, 11th March

Cholta Cholta - Friday, March 11th – 5.00 pm ( Assemble at the foot of the Panjim Church steps)

Walking and Sketching  atop the Altinho, with Prita Sardessai, Sujata Noronha and Harshada Kerkar

Cholta Cholta is walking up the Altinho hill. We will trot, climb, scamper and trip our way up the old steps to arrive at the present day Bench of the Bombay High Court in Goa.

Lets discover this erstwhile and oldest Secondary School of Goa in the 1800′s and admire what remains of the views from this side of the hill.

We will then continue to walk along the side face of the hill, observing architecture both old and new and houses that are crumbling with time. We  will then, arrive at the present day Portuguese Consulate in Goa and climb up more steps, to take in some breath taking views and learn about the 12 Crosses and Mercury House.

We will sit at the top of the steps and with guidance and support from artist Harshada Kerkar, we will sketch what struck us and what we want to remember from this cholta cholta.

For registrations contact Bookworm

Fee: Rs. 100.00 for children, adults accompanying Rs. 50.00

Adult without children : Rs. 100.00

Paper and sketching pencils will be provided. Please carry a clip board and drinking water.

Cholta Cholta at Taleigao

Cholta cholta walked into the fields of Taleigao this month. An unforgettable experience, for all participants.

We started our walk by visiting Green Essentials- a garden store that encourages all things organic. Yogita and her mum were most welcoming and gracious. The children were ‘walked’ through garden implements, manures and other material, shown books and things and generally had a good taste of what is to come. The highlight for all our Cholta participants was Yoigita’s gift of tomato seeds and a starting pot. We have asked the children to take pictures of thier first garden efforts to share with all.

We then walked to a Taleigao farm – as we approached the air felt cooler the soil got sandier and we were in a farm. We were surrounded by colour, texture and fruit. The children learnt about the various crops, their season and cycle, yanked out large turnips and plucked pumpkin flowers. The farmer and his wife were so gracious and generous in giving produce and encouraging the children to touch, feel and look.

We were thankful and grateful to still have these patches of a natural heritage and a traditional occupation to share with young children. We look forward to more.

Cholta Cholta: February, 16th 2011

Cholta Cholta is walking into Taleigao. Join us on a natural heritage walk, where we explore a small farm holding, observe crops of this season, understand the crop cycle for this area and view the vast expanse of cultiavble land that must be preserved. Date: Wednesday 16th February Time: 5.00 – 6. 30 pm Meet: Opp. Ideal High School, Taleigao Ages 8 + ( children younger must be accompanied by an adult) Call Bookworm for details

Excerpts from January Book Talk

Last month on Book Talk we read Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.  Through the month a thought provoking discussion gradually unfolded on the group, which kept us hooked on to the book and left most of us doubly disturbed. We’re posting excerpts of the discussion here on the blog, just to give a sense of the main themes that kept recurring to us as readers while we read the book. And of course to share how a book can be understood and interpreted at so many different levels.

Discussions:

• Most readers felt this book was very different from our previous pick. Meghna said “And though the horrors of war are so clearly defined in Half… this book is more disturbing on some
  level. Strangely disturbing. Till Kainene went,  there still a sense of Hope in Half… for me. A hope that things might get
  better or that the romantic ideals of the revolution will win and see these people through. But here, with Never Let Me Go, there’s something bleak already. I’m very few pages into the book and I still feel this way.”
• The tone and setting of the book too struck us as readers. Neha commented “It is very bleak and yet I can’t stop
  reading. I think it’s the first person narrative … a voice that doesn’t find offence in what her life is leading to (which is clearly somewhere dark – kathy mentions when it’s her turn she’d like to end up at the same hospital as ruth), but accepts it as is, at least so far into the story. This book could have been very heavy but it’s written in a simple and clean
  style. It is a girl’s story. And that’s what makes it so readable.”
• Ishiguro’s  style too was discussed at length. His gentle, yet haunting way of describing things was often unsettling. Sujata said, “What a fine story teller !- for me much of his brilliance as a writer resides  with how he creeps stuff into the story line .. I am easing into the story when – boom! another new and startling bit of information that makes me want to close the book and sit still .”  Shweta too felt similarly and said “Saying that there was this gnawing sense of unease throughout would be an understatement. The steady loss of hope and Kathy’s apparent calm made it much worse. I don’t know if it’s just me but the subdued narrative made it
  much more horrifying and upsetting, and left me with some obscure guilt. After I was done I wanted to shake myself out of this apparent dormancy which I wasn’t even aware of, till then.
• Sujata remarked about the alternate vocabulary that Ishiguro creates out of ordinary words. Readers mentioned how it made them restive and edgy not knowing what it meant.
• Neha added another layer to our reading when she said, “A number of people brought up the soft scenery of the book versus the reality of the situation. I thought it was a great reflection of how society tends to address troubling issues.Throughout the book Ishiguro delivers a very subtle commentary on how we behave as a society, and how we treat those who are perceived to be different. There is an undercurrent of an ethical debate through the book. it forces you to think of all the unpleasantness out there and you stand on each.”
• Karen got us all thinking a little more with her questions, “Did anyone think about the other world in the story? Who were the people who were receiving these organs? Did the donors never wonder who would continue to live because of their organs?”

And there was SO much more like this! Every mail left us questioning something more deeply and thinking differently about the book.

To read the complete text of the discussion and to join the group, please write to us at booktalk10@googlegroups.com or at bookworm_goa@yahoo.com.

 

Book Talk February Pick: Kafka On the Shore

Our Book Talk has finally taken off on the google group and how!! We’re thrilled to have so many people with so many ideas and thoughts to contribute on this forum.

This month everyone has pretty much unanimously voted for Kafka on the Shore.

Let’s begin reading Kafka on the Shore from Tuesday, the 15th of February.

That gives those of us who still swear by printed copies, still some time to get hold of the book!

This is a slightly longer book, but the style again, seems simple.So lets aim to read approximately a minimum of 200 pages every week. So technically, we should be done with our book by Tuesday, the 8th of March.

This month we’d also like to request you to invite  friends who might enjoy reading this book with us! May be, you could send them a copy of this schedule and a copy of the pdf. If they are interested, please send us their email address, so we can add them on to the group, as membership to the group is by invitation only.