At Schoolkutti, this weekend’s story time was an enjoyable effort to break the norm that pink is for girls and blue is for boys. The book we chose was ‘Pink and Blue’ by Ritu Vaishnav. Bina Maria Mathews of Bee’s Tales also used a powerful presentation to convey the message in an easy-to-understand way for young kids. It was empowering for the children to see that it was okay to like any colour, have your hair short or long, cry when feeling sad, play any game that suits them whether they were boys or girls.

Children had tons of fun making colorful dolls with ice cream sticks and paper toward the end.

Making reading a fun activity through storytime associates story-telling with excitement to develop the idea of reading as a pleasure and not a chore. Here are some glimpses of our new librarian-cum-storyteller engaging the little ones through stories and songs last weekend.

Some fantastic children’s stories came alive at Sreedhanya Apartments, Pongummoodu last weekend. Kids thorougly enjoyed the books ‘Gappu can’t dance’ and ‘The weight lifting princess’. These books were provided by Pratham Books as part of their annual “One Day, One Story” campaign. Each book carried a lovely message which will remain in their hearts for ever. We also danced to the Boogie Woogie song. Thanks to Pratham books for giving us a platform to spread the love and joy of reading.
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These will be our treasured memories – the enthusiastic participation, the wide smiles, the unbounded joy and energy of kids made it all so worthwhile.

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Saranya C Das of Schoolkutti taking kids on a delightful journey with the two gems from Pratham Books on the occasion of Word Literacy Day.

At the end of a series of drama sessions, the students attending HelenO’Grady Speech and Drama classes at Schoolkutti.com Children’s Library presented a short, scripted production for family and friends at our Pongummoodu library premises on 31st August. The play, which was based on the all-time-favourite book ‘Alice In Wonderland’, saw enthusiastic participation and created magic moments for the children and audience.

It was lovely to witness the wonderful team spirit and hard work wherein the children, along with their coaches, worked together to achieve delightful results! Parents were also thrilled as they observed increased confidence, communication skills and talent in our young performers! Congrats to the participants for their superb performance. Thanks and Kudos to the HOG team for their sincere efforts.

Are libraries just places where you have to be quiet and read? At our Pongummood library, we have great outdoor space that is natural and perfect for free play. Parents who come with their little ones to choose books are encouraged to let their kids make use of this play area. Here are some pictures of children playing to their hearts’ content.

As some of you already know, International Literacy Day is on September 8, which is a Sunday.
Pratham Books’ annual story reading event – One Day, One Story – is happening on World Literacy Day, September 8, 2019. The idea behind the campaign is to encourage children to fall in love with reading. Run completely by a fabulous community of volunteers – Pratham Books Champions – One Day, One Story, this time, will see two book being read, free of cost, to groups of children across India. They focus on reaching children from under-served communities. More details here: https://goo.gl/472Pso

There are two titles from which the volunteers can choose, depending on the audiences: Gappu Can’t Dance is a Level 1 book written by Menaka Raman and illustrated by Krishna Chandan for younger kids, while The Weightlifting Princess is a Level 3 book written by Sowmya Rajendran and illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta for older kids.

Every year, the Schoolkutti team members eagerly enroll as Pratham book reading champions and read stories to under-privileged children through Govt. Schools or NGOs. If any of you are connected to any interested schools/organizations which would be interested in listening to our stories, please do let us know. We might not be able to visit all those schools this week itself, but we shall definitely plan to conduct story sessions at those institutions as and when possible. Thanks so much for your support. Together, let’s spread the joy of reading.

Our new, radiant and child friendly library space at the Wonder Years Preschool, Pongummood was formally inaugurated by Khyrunnisa Ma’am on 24th August Saturday.

Amazing people, vivacious kids, discussion on poems, stories and books, moments not to be forgotten to sum up a beautiful event.

Trinity College London Young Performers Certificates are designed to develop confidence, group interaction skills and a sense of achievement in children.

Here are our HelenO’Grady Kindy Drama first batch children who passed the assessment receiving the Trinity certificate and bronze star, which serves as an internationally recognised record of their personal achievement.

Khyrunnisa Ma’am distributed the certificates at the inauguration of the Pongummood center of Schoolkutti.com Children’s Library.