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Gnomeo and Juliet at Artsphere, Pune

September 7, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The British Council Library and Artsphere Pune hosted a screening of the movie “Gnomeo and Juliet”, and I was invited to talk about the movie, about Romeo and Juliet, and […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: Artsphere, British Council Library, Pune, shakespeare, workshop

Reading Challenge Workshop at Mumbai

September 3, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Twelve hours of travel-time, and a three-hour workshop. I can’t promise to do it again, yet it was fun! The British Council, Mumbai, has rolled out the reading challenge programme in […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: Mumbai, reading, reading challenge, Universal High, workshop

Alma Mater

August 8, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Thoughts come to me in bits and pieces. The house charts  are still displayed at the back of the hall. They’ve become bigger and grander, not restricted to single sheets […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops, Writing Tagged With: school, St. Mary's

What Went By

July 14, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s taken me a while to write about the last month. How full of emotions it has been! We performed in Kalakshetra for Pushpa Teacher and Jaya Teacher, my teacher’s […]

Filed Under: Dance, Travel, Workshops Tagged With: Atta Galatta, Bharatanatyam, Guru Mythili Raghavan, Kalakshetra, reading, story-catcher, workshop

Day One: Reading Workshop at Atta Galatta

July 4, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s wonderful to have a dear childhood friend attend a workshop of mine and diligently take pictures! I had a delightful morning at my reading workshop at Atta Galatta, Bangalore.

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Reading Workshop at Atta Galatta, Bengaluru

June 26, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’m conducting a two-day reading workshop at Bengaluru! Highlights: >Read aloud >Act out a story >Develop a love for reading >Imagine and create >Play a vocabulary game >Learn about book-publishing […]

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Storytelling at the British Council Library, Pune

May 25, 2015 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

Summer holidays are nearly over; here’s my last activity before school begins. This storytelling session is for the little ones at a venue I always love! Date: Sunday, 31 May 2015 […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: British Council Library, storytelling, workshop

Reading and Writing Workshop

May 21, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I have one photograph with the children at Cedarwood!  

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Reading and Writing Workshop at Cedarwood

May 20, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Half of my reading and writing workshop at Cedarwood is over, and I’ve finally convinced myself that I am not going to be taking any photographs. I keep intending to, […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops, Writing Tagged With: Cedarwood Afterschool, reading, workshop

Language and Literature Workshop, VPEMS

May 1, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A hectic, lovely month came to an end with a heart-warming valedictory function and the last session with each of the nine batches I worked with at Vidya Pratishthan’s English Medium […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: baramati, language, literature, VPEMS, workshop

Summer Camp – Cedarwood Afterschool

April 30, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

For all those who have been asking me whether I have any workshops planned for the summer … I’m doing four exciting weeks under the banner of the Cedarwood Afterschool Program […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: Afterschool, Cedarwood, communication, language, reading, workshop, writing

Session III – Language and Literature Workshop

April 23, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A few photographs from Session III of the Language and Literature Workshop at Vidya Pratishthan’s English Medium School, Baramati.  

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Language and Literature Workshops

April 18, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Each activity during the Language and Literature workshop revealed something new and delightful. The second session with nine batches of children at Vidya Pratishthan’s English Medium School, Baramati, is over! “What […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: baramati, language, listening, literature, reading, speaking, VPEMS, workshop, writing

Drama

April 13, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Children love to act. All of us love to act, or Dumb Charades would not be such a popular game. One thing I stress during all my workshops is the importance […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: baramati, language, literature, reading, school, workshop

Little Red Riding Hood

April 10, 2015 by Varsha Seshan 4 Comments

In the first session of a workshop, particularly one with a heavy name like “Language and Literature Workshop”, I like to start on a light note. Humour is a great place […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: language, literature, Little Red Riding Hood, reading, Roald Dahl, school, workshop

Language and Literature Workshops in Schools

April 9, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Moving on from reading workshops in libraries to Language and Literature Workshops in schools is a lovely step! Working with 250 children was a whole new experience for me … […]

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Imagine and Innovate: A Workshop on Books for Children

February 25, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s just three days away!   Date: Saturday, 28th February, 2015. Time: 11 am – 1 pm Fee: Rs 500 per child Age-group: 8-13 Venue: The Cultural Centre, Pune To register: […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: reading, tcc, The Cultural Centre, workshop

Cedar Reading Club

February 24, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I was part of the lovely Cedar Reading Club this evening, sharing the magic of stories with seven children in the age-group 6-8. The children meet each week, read a story, […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: Cedarwood, reading, storytelling

Imagine and Innovate: A Workshop on Books for Children

February 11, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Workshop Outline: How do books come alive? What happens in the mind of the writer, and how does it finally reach the hands of the reader? “Imagine and Innovate” explores each […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops, Writing Tagged With: communication, language, reading, tcc, the cultural centre pune, workshop

Mythical Maze – Workshop II

January 18, 2015 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

The Mythical Maze Reading Challenge is nearly over! After Reading and Role Play and Idioms Are My Cup of Tea, today has Myths from around the World and Myths and Fables. I showed the […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: British Library, English, language, mythical maze, reading, reading challenge, workshop

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