Beauty is Missing...One Day, One Story
It’s the last week of school before the term break and the library is buzzing with the excitement of Pratham books ‘One day, one story',...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jul 29
- 2 min
WANTED...Red!!! Little Red Riding Hood
'Twosday' pairs are a hashtag under which I share a pair of books that I have paired for different reasons...posted on a Tuesday. This...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jul 5
- 3 min
Using a Pair of Books to explore the story of Noah's Ark
Tuesday's are TWOSDAYS here at Myth Aunty, where I explore pairing books in different ways. By pairing books, we not only extend a book...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 18
- 7 min
FOOD is...sitting around the table telling STORIES
Taking on from my previous post about food and families, when I think of families sitting around a table, I think about them sharing food...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 15
- 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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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