Stories from Pratham Books Champions: Delhi

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Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Pratham Books Champions : Oracle

Nupur Vimal from Oracle sent us the following notes and images of sessions conducted by employees of Oracle India. Multiple storytelling sessions were conducted across Delhi and the NCR region.

Date : 11th September

Location : Vidya & Child (NGO), Noida
No. of students: 280
No. of Oracle volunteers: 10

From the Prioritize Humanity page :

In association with Pratham Books, this was a learning experience for all and an innovative method of storytelling through role play and acting. We spoke about key takeaways: importance of being happy, sharing and caring, helping others, being obedient children, goal setting, dream building and virtue of patience in life.The kids, volunteers and teachers all had a great time.

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Date : 18th September

Location : MCD school in East of Kailash, Delhi

Number of children : 40
Number of volunteers : 15

We had another storytelling session today at an MCD school in East of Kailash, Delhi. We addressed nearly 40 children, with special needs and different learning capabilities. They loved the session. This time we used props as well. Thank you for this amazing concept. Our volunteers love this activity and are enthusiastic about inculcating it in our upcoming projects as well.

From the Prioritize Humanity page : After initial introductions, we conducted a storytelling session on the book: ‘The Boy and the Drum’, through a role play. We followed it up with an extensive storytelling session through mimicry, art & craft, drawing, sketching and other innovative ways, to impart key messages. We also distributed a lot of useful stationery items to them. The children, teachers as well as the volunteers loved the session.

You can view more pictures from the session here.

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The 3rd session was conducted by an Oracle volunteer with her husband, in Gurgaon, where they enacted the story to around 10 kids.

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Thank you Nupur for helping coordinate these sessions and a big shout out to all the Oracle employees who took part to spread the joy of reading.

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In its fourth edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 2500+ storytellers who conducted 2300+ storytelling sessions. Many, many steps towards a 'Reading India'!

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. In 2012, Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day . We will be sharing the stories of all our volunteer storytellers (Pratham Books Champions) through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2015. This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories.

You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Monday, 7 September 2015

Pratham Books Champion : DEEP Foundation

We've known DEEP Foundation for many years now and they always go all out to celebrate International Literacy Day in a BIG way! Sujata Suri sends us pictures from their first storytelling session.

Session conducted on : 7th September

Number of kids : 20

Number of sessions : 1

Number of champions : 6

Language the session was conducted in : Hindi

From the DEEP Foundation page :

This year too, we celebrated it at a few of our Henny Penny Library Centres in the true spirit with our little Champions.... We conducted various story theatre workshops in different formats - The story was Laadle Ka Dhol - a Level 3 book from our Publishing partners, Pratham Books. A wonderful story that all our children could relate to...that had a lovely, heart warming message about sharing and empathy.

Our children at the Henny Penny Library #1 loved making their own props and directing and enacting the play in a street play format - over 20 children participated in it with 3 narrators and 3 children playing the protagonist - Ladla. We had a delightful event at the colony's park where it was open to all. Many residents walking in the garden joined us and watched the performance, enjoying it immensely.

View more images from the session here.

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Pratham Books Champion : Usha Chhabra

Usha Chhabra sends us this report of the 3 storytelling sessions she conducted. Usha is a Hindi teacher at Delhi Public School, Rohini, New Delhi.

Session conducted on : 7th, 8th and 10th September

Number of kids : 8 + 40 + 40 + 40 + 40 = 168
Number of sessions : 5
Language the session was conducted in : Hindi

Usha says...

Under the 'One Day - One Story' programme ,the following sessions sessions were taken by me

1. At my residence at Vikaspuri , New Delhi on Sunday, on 7.9.14 ,

2. With class III kids (2 Sections) with 40 children per section at Delhi Public School Rohini on Monday, 8.9.14

3.With class III kids (2 Sections) with 40 children per section at Delhi Public School Rohini on Wednesday, 10.9.14

It was a great experience. With the help of cut outs, voice modulation, enactment and the ppt presentation, the story of Takloo was shared with the children. After the session, the children were asked to read and enact the story which they thoroughly enjoyed. Children were also asked to draw pictures of Takloo .

The story was really liked by the children. It was a great feeling to be a part of this programme.

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Thank you Usha for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Friday, 26 September 2014

Pratham Books Champion : Cherry Agarwal and Sunit Ubhi

Session conducted on : 6th September
Number of kids : 40
Number of sessions : 1
Language the session was conducted in : English

Greetings from Sarswati Modern School. Sunit and I are Teach For India Fellow and first timers as Pratham Book Champions. I cannot express the joy that surrounded our class when they heard Takloo the salt seller. The story mechanism was such that students had begun making text to self connections and delved deeper while they inferenced that their parents have been entrepreneurs all their life just like Takloo.

The read aloud not only catered to the auditory students but amply reflected the needs of kinesthetic students. The session saw students learning different values through a think-pair-share activity.

The read aloud session made use of character flashcards and was followed by intense student interviews where students celebrated International Literacy Day or what has become 'education' day in their terms. The class held the apt attention of 40 kids who got immersed in Takloo's story.

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Thank you Cherry and Sunit for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Friday, 19 September 2014

Pratham Books Champion : Pratham Delhi Education Initiative

Pallavi Kakaji from Pratham Delhi Education Initiative sends us the following story. Our friends at Pratham Delhi Education Initiative have been supporting our work for years. This year, they signed up to conduct 180 storytelling sessions. Imagine our surprise when they wrote in to say that they had conducted 276 sessions in MCD Schools, Learning Hubs and in communities.

The Pratham movement was launched in Mumbai in 1994. A national network of Pratham-like initiatives was set up to expand the programmes in different parts of the country. Pratham Delhi Education Initiative (PDEI) was launched during the summer of 1999. Pratham Delhi, formed as part of Pratham network, shares the mission of "every child in school…and learning well".

Session conducted on : 6th September and 8th September

Number of kids : around 3,500 children (community classes & learning Hub), around 3000 children (MCD Schools)

Number of sessions : 178 session were on 6th and 98 sessions on 8th
Language the session was conducted in : Hindi

Number of champions : 40 Full time team and more than 200 teachers

Activities conducted during story telling sessions - role play, story telling session through story cards, comic making, drawings etc.

Number of sessions conducted by MCD teachers and Govt authorities, book praises by Govt teachers and also demanded for books.

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Thank you Pratham Delhi Education Initiative for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Pratham Books Champion : Pooja Pal

Pooja Pal shares photographs from her storytelling session. Pooja Pal is presently working with Teach for India as a Fellow with grade 5 at Ambedkar Nagar Sec - 2.

Session conducted on : 6th September

Number of kids : 16
Number of sessions : 1
Language the session was conducted in : English

I conducted a read aloud for my kids followed by a question and answer round. I teach a grade 5 classroom at Nigam Pratibha Vidyalaya, Ambedkar Nagar Sec-2, New Delhi. It was fun to read Takloo - The salt seller and kids really enjoyed the illustrations.We all fell in love with the characters.

I myself love reading and want to inculcate this habit in my kids. They have started loving it too.

I conducted the session on 6th of September 2014. 28 kids of grade 5 attended the session which was conducted in English. It was great fun for me and them too. They would certainly love more such stories. I have loads of them in my class library. They simply love story telling.So thanks a ton on behalf of my class for the opportunity.

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Thank you Pooja Pal for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Thursday, 11 September 2014

Pratham Books Champion : Under the Magic Tree

Shalini V Bansal from 'Under the Magic Tree' conducted 2 storytelling sessions this year. Shalini is a Storyteller and Designs and conducts program for Early Development Learning. Having gained exposure and experience in India and the US, Shalini brings her deep passion and love for children in her programs offered through Under the Magic Tree and PlayLabs India. Under the Magic Tree conducts Story Time and musical programs. PlayLabs offers interactive programs for babies and toddlers focused on Early Learning through fun activities designed to enhance physical, social, language, sensory and music/rhythm development in children.

Session 1 conducted on : 6th September

Number of kids : 88

Number of sessions : 1

Language the session was conducted in :

Session 2 conducted on : 7th September

Number of kids : 30

Number of sessions : 1

Language the session was conducted in :

The first session took place at Sri Satya Sai Baal Vikaas School (Noida) and the second session took place at Oxford Book Store (New Delhi) for children from ANK India NGO.

At both the sessions the response and the participation from the children was very enthusiastic. We

started with the discussion on the geographic location of Anjarle and the culture of Maharashtra. Children came up with the description and culture of their own villages and that sure was a learning

for me. Also, we discussed and enacted different animals the children had seen in their villages.

One thing which was common in both the sessions was the hearty laugh they had on hearing the name “Takloo”. Children loved the illustration of Banabai. After the story we all tried selling the salt

and/ or any other thing in their own style.

It was truly fun, pleasure and a heart touching experience.

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Thank you Shalini and Under the Magic Tree for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.