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    Families and Food...culture, connections, stories.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • 3 days ago
    • 6 min

    Families and Food...culture, connections, stories.

    Today, !5th May, is world Family Day. Sharing this post which I had written for The Bookwallis Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/th...
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    Singing in the Library
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Mar 17
    • 2 min

    Singing in the Library

    Singing a book…literally, is something I love to do, and I do it often! This however, is one of the first singalong books, that I...
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    Who Will Teach Emperor Akbar?...Who do we learn from? Who learns from us?
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Feb 21
    • 3 min

    Who Will Teach Emperor Akbar?...Who do we learn from? Who learns from us?

    I always look for something deeply meaningful to start the new term or the new year and this one seemed like the perfect read for my...
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    'Twosday' Pairings...Kiss the Cow & Lakshmi the Water Buffalo Who Would'nt.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Feb 15
    • 3 min

    'Twosday' Pairings...Kiss the Cow & Lakshmi the Water Buffalo Who Would'nt.

    ‘TWOSDAY PAIRS' Making connections is how we comprehend what we are reading, helping us get a deeper understanding, scaffolding our...
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    What does the Constitution mean to us?We the Children of India
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jan 28
    • 3 min

    What does the Constitution mean to us?We the Children of India

    When I ask my students about Republic Day, they all have the right answers. They all know that it was the day the Constitution of India...
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    Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist

    There are times as an educator, when the children’s comments can make it painfully clear that you have not thought out or planned the...
    300
    Making a Mark with The Dot
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Making a Mark with The Dot

    15September, 2019 Did you know that today, September 15th, is International Dot Day? All over the world, educators are sharing the book...
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    Art IS Everywhere
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Art IS Everywhere

    Art Theme Week 10 We have just one more week of school before we break for holidays. With Pratham’s One Day, one story, scheduled for the...
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    The Art of Miss Chew and gratitude for our own teachers.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Sep 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Art of Miss Chew and gratitude for our own teachers.

    This was going to be a special read-aloud for me. It was the first time that I was sharing one of my favourite children’s book authors...
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    Snipping away with Matisse...Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Snipping away with Matisse...Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter

    Art Theme Week 8 Last week the children had the following items ready for our library session, a request which had all the children very...
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    Niko Draws a Feeling
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Niko Draws a Feeling

    "Sometimes he showed his pictures to his friends. 'What is it?' one of them would ask. 'It's the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck,"...
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    Nani's Walk to the Park
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    Nani's Walk to the Park

    My first glance through ‘Nani’s walk to the park’, written and illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, I thought, ‘hmmm sweet book, nice for...
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    The Magic of a True Story...and trash!
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Magic of a True Story...and trash!

    Week 3 of the Art Theme that I've been doing with my elementary students this term. Last week my younger elementary students were...
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    Journeying with Jamlo
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 7 min

    Journeying with Jamlo

    The one in which I share our journey with the book Jamlo Walks by Samina Mishra, illustrated by Tariq Aziz and published by Penguin,...
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    The Noisy Paintbox speaks.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Noisy Paintbox speaks.

    Taking on from our first book, ISH by Peter H. Reynolds which I chose to help my students see that art comes from what we...
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    An art-ISH theme
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    An art-ISH theme

    Every term I like to plan around a theme...the idea usually pops up a few months earlier, often inspired by new books added to my...
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    Being me and rethinking Be You.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Being me and rethinking Be You.

    Be You by Peter H Reynolds came highly recommended by someone whose choices I value. So without much hesitation, I ordered it...after all...
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    A Saree for Ammi...filled with learning opportunities.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Saree for Ammi...filled with learning opportunities.

    Ammi weaves the most beautiful sarees in the world, Abba is a pro at dyeing the threads and the children help out where ever they can....
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    'The Village with a Long Name' stretches our imaginations.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    'The Village with a Long Name' stretches our imaginations.

    While the curly whirly script on the sign boards belie the fact that this book may be set in a village in South India, I felt villages...
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    A Tribute to the Women on My Bookshelf.
    JoAnne Saldanha
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to the Women on My Bookshelf.

    March 8, 2020 I glanced through my small collection of books at home, I saw some marvellous women hiding between their covers. Some you...
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