25 Meaningful Christmas Books
Maybe it’s because I have grown children, or maybe it’s because I’ve grown up celebrating Christmas, but for some reason I cringe every...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Nov 13, 20213 min read
The Christmas Pig by J.K.Rowling
Have you ever thought about what happens to all the things you’ve lost? It could be a key, a pen, a book or maybe even a bad habit, a...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
As I turned the last page of ‘Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame’ by Supriya Kelkar, I couldn’t help but wonder about what I learnt in my...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Just Like Papa...exploring what we 'can do'.
Week 3 of Term 2 and we continue with the Art Theme in the library, exploring Indian art and artists through books. It hasn't been easy....
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 11, 20215 min read
The Dot and Raza's Bindu...focusing on Indian Art
The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 6, 20212 min read
What Happened to You? Reflecting on Disability in Children's Books
Joe was engrossed in playing pirates at the park. There were sharks and crocodiles he had to deal with, who were no match for a...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 5, 20214 min read
Snakes in Indian Children's Literature
(Sharing a post which first featured on the Sustainability Next blog on September 27, 2021) Ophidiophobia or fear of snakes, is one of...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 28, 20212 min read
Do We Need to Read Challenged Books?
“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” - Laurie Halse Anderson, Author This week is Banned Book Week, a week...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 6, 20213 min read
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 5, 20214 min read
Question!! A Story of a Teacher
"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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 2, 20213 min read
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 30, 20213 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 28, 20215 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 15, 20213 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 12, 20213 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 30, 20213 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 27, 20212 min read
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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