Today, !5th May, is world Family Day. Sharing this post which I had written for The Bookwallis Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/th...

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...

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...

‘TWOSDAY PAIRS' Making connections is how we comprehend what we are reading, helping us get a deeper understanding, scaffolding our...

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...

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...

15September, 2019 Did you know that today, September 15th, is International Dot Day? All over the world, educators are sharing the book...

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...

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...

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...

"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,"...

My first glance through ‘Nani’s walk to the park’, written and illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, I thought, ‘hmmm sweet book, nice for...

Week 3 of the Art Theme that I've been doing with my elementary students this term. Last week my younger elementary students were...

The one in which I share our journey with the book Jamlo Walks by Samina Mishra, illustrated by Tariq Aziz and published by Penguin,...

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...

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...

Be You by Peter H Reynolds came highly recommended by someone whose choices I value. So without much hesitation, I ordered it...after all...

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....

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...

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