Show and tell for children

We started our Show and tell sessions yesterday for children in the age group of 3-8 years . This one was about animals- the children used finger and hand puppets to talk about their favourite animals . Some chose to sing animal songs- the cutest was by a 3 year old girl , who sang "Five little monkeys" with great aplomb .
Going forward, the sessions will be held every Friday between 5 P.M and 6 P.M  at Books n More . We would provide some props , but things created by children , that they would like to speak about ,would be wonderful additions to the show and tell sessions.

Have fun,Learn!

Books n More is hosting it's first activity workshop series titled "Have Fun,Learn!" tomorrow.
It will be a weekly activity on Friday evenings . The first week is for vocabulary development through word mazes, "What's the good word" and Scrabble. The second week is for building math skills through games like puzzle sum ,math rummy ,sudoku and math puzzles . The third week every month is for games of strategy - we're starting with chess. The fourth week every month is for games involving logical thinking and brain teasers .

Why Books n more ? What is Books n More ?

After years of dreaming about creating a space full of books and lots of room for people (especially children ) to browse,smell,read and fall in love with books (either for the first time  or all over again !), my friend Archana and I finally made it real . We started Books n More,Library and Activity Centre this month in a lovely space in Marredpally,Secunderabad.

As the name suggests, we have books and more books .Around 6000+ books now and counting .
Since there is no concept of a public library in India , we wanted to make books accessible to everyone . So we have priced the monthly membership (which lets a child borrow two books a day , or an adult, a book a day ) as low as Rs.100 .

The More in the name is for all the activities that we have started in the library . We have  activities like storytelling workshops, theatre sessions , communication skills workshops, creative writing classes for  children in the age group of 3-16 years  . At Books n More , we  offer a tailor made reading program to suit children in the age group of 2 to 9 years . The focus is on reading comprehension ,grammar and vocabulary development .

I hope to share some of the activities of Books n More in this blog. I also hope to share some ideas on teaching reading , reading aids , fun stuff for kids to do etc .

I would love feedback and ideas from people who read this .