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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 2, 20213 min read
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Cezanne's Parrot...a tale of perseverance
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 30, 20213 min read
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Reading the Olympics...reading across genres.
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 28, 20215 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Bena's Summer...a bright, beautiful read.
Remember a drive in an Ambassador? Big and comfortable, wrapping you in its sturdy, towelled seat warmth, shielding you from the...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 24, 20212 min read
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Starry-eyed with Van Gogh
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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Postbox Kashmir - Two Lives in Letters
As we celebrate 'freedom' this Independence day, at a time when freedom is compromised and comes with conditions, I read a book that make...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 15, 20213 min read
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Degas and the Little Dancer
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 12, 20213 min read
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Come on, ride the Peace Train!!
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Cumulative tales...a Chain of Fun!!!
"Perhaps she'll die!!!....Ha! Ha! Ha!!!" Rather inappropriate chant to hear in todays's politically correct world, right? I'm sure this...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 30, 20213 min read
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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,"...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 27, 20212 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 21, 20214 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 21, 20212 min read
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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,...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 16, 20217 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 5, 20214 min read
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Julian joy in Jessica Love's stunning books.
Sometimes one comes across books that are celebrations of individuality...and just sometimes they burst with love and acceptance. I found...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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Letter writing and stories.
"Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office—none of...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 30, 20213 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 26, 20213 min read
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Thukpa for all
9 July, 2019 Years ago, on one of my trips to Calcutta, a Bhutanese friend took me to a street not very far from my hotel. On this...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 23, 20212 min read
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