Encouraging children to read for pleasure is about more than getting them to pick up a book; it’s equally important for children to appreciate a good story. Children’s Libraries play a key role in creating readers alongside parents and teachers by discovering ways to work with the community to help children develop as readers. Schoolkutti.com Children’s Library (with branches at Vellayambalam and Pongummood) is coming up with book reading programs at apartments, residents’ associations, schools and other institutions for children to inspire and excite readers of all levels.

On Saturday, we are conducting a storytelling/book reading and fun activity program, absolutely free, for the children of Arcon Enclave Apartments, Kuravankonam.

If you are interested, please let us know and we can finalize a time slot for holding this program at your apartment. Contact 9847320281 for details.

Schoolkutti.com team had a great time telling stories to the children of Skyline Campus Heights, Sreekaryam on Sunday. The enthusiastic bunch of little ones interacted actively by listening, singing, dancing, acting out, sharing anecdotes and asking questions. Such fun…towards the end, none of the kids or storytellers wanted to leave!!

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.

Craft activities are a great way to help kids express themselves, improve fine motor skill development and hand eye co-ordination. A happy side effect of crafting sessions, is that these teach kids to try something, and potentially even fail. During our WordPlay program, we follow the storytime with book themed craft.

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.

Got an idea for your science fair project, but not sure how to make the model from the material? Schoolkutti.com now offers assistance in building simple science, mini electronics, mini electrical, physics, solar and many other kinds of models using thermocol and other materials as per your need. Only assistance in building the model will be provided. Students will need to make their own models because only then they will learn. Please contact 7994906790 with your requirement for details.

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.