It was the last week of the first term and I had wound up the first part of our art theme. Plans for the next term are underway, books...

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...

"Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau...

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 9 Just like most of us, artist Paul Cezanne probably craved encouragement when he tried in vain, to train his pet parrot...

A version of this article appeared in the Hindu on July 30, 2021... https://www.thehindu.com/books/a-collection-of-books-to-teach-childre...

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...

Remember a drive in an Ambassador? Big and comfortable, wrapping you in its sturdy, towelled seat warmth, shielding you from the...

Many requests for ‘Starry Night’ moved one artist up the list of books chalked out for our art theme. A few seemed familiar with the...

As we celebrate 'freedom' this Independence day, at a time when freedom is compromised and comes with conditions, I read a book that make...

From amongst the books I’ve chosen to share with the children for the Art Theme that we are doing this term, this one is probably my...

If you’ve been following me for a while, you will be familiar with my affinity for sing-a-long books and so I absolutely could not resist...

"Perhaps she'll die!!!....Ha! Ha! Ha!!!" Rather inappropriate chant to hear in todays's politically correct world, right? I'm sure this...

"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...

Sometimes one comes across books that are celebrations of individuality...and just sometimes they burst with love and acceptance. I found...

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...