been some time since I posted news from The Book Club. This week it needs to be written about since we turned ONE! Isn’t that wonderful? I had forgotten about it till facebook memories sent me a reminder. I do love the idea of revisiting memories.
The Friendship drawing
I then paired them up making sure the bete noires were put together. You should have heard the protests!! ‘Aunty I can go with ANYONE but her!’ (Oh they can be rude and blunt) ‘Aunty may we PLEASE exchange our partners’. But I stuck to the plan telling them none of them was so intolerable/intolerant that they couldn’t be with each other for 15-20 minutes. And then I asked them to put together their two ideas and make up one drawing. It was amazing how quickly they settled down and got to work with absolute concentration. Even H and N who are always at loggerheads and who I’d paired together worked like a team.
If you work with kids anywhere this is an exercise I completely recommend. Not just does it teach children to work with people they don’t much like, it also prompts them to align their thoughts and ideas with completely divergent ones and work towards a common goal,towards a common win. Those are skills they’ll need to hone in life.
I was pretty pleased with myself. The problem is I made it out to be a contest and now I have to pick the best drawing and I’m stumped.
You are doing something simply WOW! and Commendable with the Book Club! Congratulations for the first anniversary and here's to many many more! Cheers!
Thank you Shilpa. It feels good.
You have done a wonderful job in the book club. How inventive you are.
Have a great new year!
Wil, ABCW Team
Thank you Wil. It has been a fun journey.
That is a great way to celebrate anniversary.
Thank you Rajesh.
Congratulations to the book club on turning 1!! I want to be a kid again and join this club, sounds like so much fun! 🙂
Thanks Aditi. I'd love to have you :-).
I didn't know you had a book club! Sounds like so much fun and you were very wise to pair the frenemies together!!
It is fun Roshni and I've realised that with a little bit of effort anyone can do this as long as they have a love for reading and enjoy the company of kids.
Creating wonderful memories and nuturing book lovers, that's what you're doing, Tulika! Applauding you!
Thanks Corinne. You guys were around when I kicked it off, remember how unsure I was about the whole idea? And now it's a year. It feels good.
Kudos, Tulika! You seem to be doing a smashing job with the Book Club. Congrats on the 1st anniversary 🙂 Or was it birthday 😀
Whatever – anniversary-birthday – same difference :-). The important thing is we stuck it out for a year! yay!
It must be a very interesting job you do there with the kids !
It sure is Gattina and I get almost as much out of it as I give the kids.
That was such a brilliant idea, Tulika. I will try this one with my kid. 🙂 And Happy Birthday for the book club. 🙂
Sure was Vinitha. Thanks for the wishes.
Happy anniversary tulika…love the fact that you take out time to make reading fun for children…though I dont live in an area where there are too many kids…I would love to try this with my daughter and cousins…keep up the good work…all the very best to yoy
Thank you Gowri do tell me how it turned out.
Happy birthday to the club 🙂
What a lovely idea! There is such a wonderful learning in your post, super liked 🙂 I can decide for you, if you are unable to pick a winner 🙂
Hey Sulekha thanks for the offer. I got another parent to do the needful.
That's so wonderful! You are putting in so much time for this, hats off indeed!
Happy birthday to this baby of yours 🙂
Thank you Soumya. This one is a very special baby.
Wonderful news Tulika! It is such a pleasure to see our babies turn a year older, yes even the Book Club baby! I am impressed as always by the way you put in so much effort at making this fun for the kids. You rock babe. PSST! Rope in a parent to do the judging, that way you can get away scot-free 🙂
Thanks Shailaja. Good thought.
Great!
Thank you and good to see you here :-).
Wonderful…You are giving them something so precious Tulika…They won't ever forget this time I can promise you that..
Happy Anniversary!
I am getting a lot in return too Naba or I wouldn't have lasted this long.