What’s at Stake Ryan Maquinana, 04.20.09 On the way home from work today, I took the same route I always do, which is down S. Central Avenue toward the 105 West. If any of you have taken this road to the freeway, you’ve probably seen the middle-aged couple selling mangoes and flowers across the street […]
Read More →Reading Recs: Ages 13 to 18
The comments below are from ATDP members and other readers, or excerpted from an online source. Please check your local and/or and school library before you run out (or go online) to purchase tons of books. ~ Nina Fiction Ender’s Game (series) by Orson Scott Card More than decade or so ago, Professor Frank Worrell, […]
Read More →Reading Recs: Ages 8 to 12
Here are some books we recommend to you in order to demonstrate the topics and kinds of books that are the best fit, in general, for children from ages 8 to 12 years. The comments below are from ATDP members, other readers, or excerpted from Barnes & Noble online. Please check your local library and […]
Read More →Reading Recs: Pre-School to Age 7
Here are some books we recommend to you in order to demonstrate the topics and kinds of books that are the best fit, in general, for children from pre-school age to 7 years. The comments below are from ATDP members, other readers, or excerpted from Barnes & Noble on-line. Please check your local library and […]
Read More →Nina’s Reading Recommendations (continued…)
Since parents are not only the first teachers, but are also the ones who coach and coordinate their children’s learning from birth through (at least) the beginning of the university years, we hope to provide a framework for parents and their children to think broadly—to see how themes develop over time and become increasingly complex […]
Read More →Nina’s Reading Recommendations
We want to share a few of our favorite book titles with you. They are roughly organized by grade levels Pre-K to entering college. I have also included some links that you might find useful. All, including some of the very long lists, are intended to provide parents and students with an introduction to […]
Read More →“Every Child’s Right” — An Insider’s Review
Dear ATDP student, parent or friend, If you are a student—whether still in high school, college or grad school—you’re surely looking forward to your life ahead, and the possible careers you might engage in given your skills, talents and interests. As you’ve been an ATDP student, I like to think that your experience with us […]
Read More →Giving to ATDP
ATDP supporter Joyce Ng and her neighbors exchange dog-walking duties when they go on vacation and donate to ATDP the funds they would otherwise have paid a dog walker. It has come to hundreds of dollars over the years—and is also part of the reason that Joyce and her neighbors are so aerobically fit! As […]
Read More →Bragging Rights
Please enjoy reading a few instructors’ remarks regarding their classes and their students. A note written by long-time Elementary Division instructor and Cal State East Bay professor Heather MacLeod to Nina that made it clear that we needed to share ATDP instructors’ words with you. Heather wrote: “May I brag about the parents of my […]
Read More →The Active Learning Alphabet Starts with “A, C, B”
Whether at their regular schools or at ATDP, our students are very able, very bright, and they love to learn. In fact, many ATDP students are accustomed to absorbing information so quickly and with such ease that they are truly startled when they come upon topics, subject, or huge sets of information that do not […]
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