This 6-week online reading programme is for ages 7 and 8. The four books we will read are The Monster Hunters, Bookasura, Esio Trot and At Least a Fish (Zain & Ana Book 1).
Workshops Launching in May and June 2021
I’ve received an overwhelming number of queries this time around, and I’m not surprised. Summer holidays! Registrations are now open for two reading programmes beginning on the 1st of June. […]
Workshops During a Pandemic
Last week, I started reading Maya in a Mess with my book club for seven and eight-year-olds. As part of the discussion, I asked them, “Have you ever been a […]
Book Uncle and Me
I discovered verse novels quite recently. I began by reading a few for young adults and then I slowly went down the age ladder. I love them. I love how […]
Wisha Wozzariter
Wisha Wozzariter. Say it aloud. Wisha Wozzariter was what pushed me to launch this reading programme! Several parents have called to ask if my online creative writing programme is suited […]
The Absent Author
The Absent Author. The Bald Bandit. The Haunted Hotel. The Zombie Zone. Isn’t this the kind of series you could see any child longing to collect? Book series are special […]
Playing with Kangaroo Words
When I wrote about using Friends Behind Walls for my online reading programme, the first thing I thought of doing was playing with words. Putti loves breaking words up to […]
Flying with Grandpa
I read Flying with Grandpa some time ago and enjoyed it. I wanted to read it with children, but had not yet figured out how. The book is slightly difficult for […]
The Mystery of the Secret Hair Oil Formula
The first edition of my online reading programme for ages 9 and 10 is here! For a while, I’ve had queries from parents about children who love reading but don’t […]
Maya in a Mess
It seems to have become something of a tradition to begin each batch of my online reading programme with a hOle book. For the third edition of my programme, it’s […]
Past the Halfway Mark
Four books in six weeks – that’s what my current online reading programme involves. And just like that, four weeks have gone by. If I make participants reflect on their […]
Online Reading Programme (Ages 9 to 10) – April 2021
This 6-week online reading programme is for ages 9 and 10. The three books we will read are The Mystery of the Secret Hair Oil Formula, Flying with Grandpa and Wisha Wozzariter. The focus of the programme is to read, share ideas and opinions, and explore a little creative writing.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 7 to 8) – April 2021
This 6-week online reading programme is for ages 7-8. The four books we will read are Maya in a Mess, Spellbound, The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries Book 1) and Book Uncle and Me.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 7 to 8) – February 2021
What does a reading programme involve?
Essentially, reading.
As there are four books spread across 12 sessions, we take roughly three sessions per book. Naturally, this means that we do not read the entire book together. We read excerpts from the books together during each session, and then the children read in their own time before the following class. During each online interaction, we do not just read; we also imagine, create, play and talk. We do activities around the books and try to think about what will happen next. We review books, discussing which ones we like more and why.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 7 to 8) December 2020
During this reading programme, participants will read, write, draw, colour, think and have fun!
I’ve been conducting reading programmes for eight years now and I promise that they’ll be full of laughter and excitement. We will read four books together – Trouble with Magic, Shrinking Vanita, The Sheep-Pig and Manya Learns to Roar
Workshops Launching in April 2021
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMMES. The next reading programmes begin in the first week of June, and the next writing programmes will be held in October. I […]
Online Reading Programme – Looking Back
Magic potions. Superpowers. Word games. Adjectives, homophones, homonyms, mazes. Codes, recitation, performance. What fun my first reading programme was! The first book we read together was Trouble with Magic by Asha […]
Amelia Bedelia Means Business
Amelia Bedelia. The name just asks you to read it aloud. And what a character Amelia is! As with the very best fictional characters (I’m thinking of Anne Shirley, Pippi […]
Hungry to Read
If there was one thing that could push you to read, what would that be? How would you get someone who doesn’t like reading to read? When Arjun’s teacher announces […]
Lucky Girl
Lucky Girl is a hilarious book. It’s imaginative, wacky and full of surprises. Sumi is a lucky girl. With her pink bed, a window that overlooks the sea, soft toys […]