05 June,2009 08:18 AM IST | | Ishita Sharma
Art, craft and reading maybe the three things that turn your bachcha totally off, but here's a place where these will turn into their best pastimes
Who needs a book, when there're videogames, Internet, television, and cinema? Technology has folded the beautiful world of words like a paper boat and pushed it to distant shores.
And parents who want their children to inherit their sacred indulgence have to constantly struggle to get their child to read.
Masti Ki Paathshala: A reading session in progress |
Book It: Involving the age group of zero to five years, their shelves have books that are bestsellers, award winning or both, modern classics and pictorial stories.
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Each title is unique in stories, language and illustrations, and will keep your young ones hooked. There are also multilingual books (English, Spanish, French, and Hindi), folk tales of different countries and popular characters.
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The books have been catalogued according to the title, age group, classification (animals, emotions, arts, drama and music, theme), author and publisher.
Tall Tales: "Even though there are reading sessions for children in the city, there is a demand for a reading club where children can read, draw or simply do their own stuff.
Before we add a book to our collection, we research on it, which includes picking up books from everywhere, including abroad," says owner Rabani Garg.
Need To Read: Here, every child undertakes around six reading sessions. The enrollments for these are done round the year, and classes take place accordingly. This apart, there is a library, where books can be borrowed and exchanged.
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Also, there is a reading room where parents can read along with their wards, and pool in their collection of interesting books. Time to read on.
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Reading Caterpillar Club
www.readingcaterpillar.com
Ring: 9810268448
Monthly fees: Rs 1,400 (includes
reading, books, art and craft sessions)