Wise words:

March 3, 2014

Wise words:

Day-to-day, Wise Words

Wise words to warm your cold Monday morning! “The child begins to practice with respect to himself the same forms of behavior that others formerly practiced with respect to him.” Lev Vygotsky, 1966

February 27, 2014

Our beloved friend and intellectual mentor Betty Hart and the brilliant and eloquent Dr. Todd Risley taught us (decades ago) about the variables that impact the development of young children and the impact of the years before kindergarten. Occasionally, mainstream science mentions their heroic research. A nice piece in The […]

February 23, 2014

Wise words

Day-to-day, Wise Words

Wise words for a Monday morning: “If education is good, then the need for it will manifest itself like hunger.” Leo Tolstoy

February 19, 2014

New Reading Books

Day-to-day, Sunflower

Celia, Hudson and Marlowe reading from their new reading books.

February 10, 2014

Training for the Games!

Day-to-day, Maple, Sunflower

Maple and Sunflower students train for the upcoming events during the Astra Day School Olympics. The Maple and Sunflower students have chosen Hot Dog as their country name. Stay tuned for more Olympic updates!

February 4, 2014

Guide to “Show Us Some Love”

Uncategorized

February begins “Show Us Some Love” campaign for Kansas City Autism Training Center and Astra Day School! Starting this month (05-Feb-2014), each active connection that you make to our social media will count as one point toward some wonderful gifts for students and staff. “Like” the Astra Day School Facebook […]

February 4, 2014

Groundhog day activities

Day-to-day, Maple, Sunflower

Jude puts the final touches on his Groundhog muffin at morning snack. Seedling, Sunflower and Maple students play Groundhog tunnel during indoor recess.

February 2, 2014

Some Super Bowl perspective

Activism, Day-to-day

According to Forbes magazine, the cost of a premium 30-second ad during the Super Bowl could pay for 100 years’ worth of tuition through The Kansas City Autism Treatment Center for those of our Astra Day School students receiving applied behavior analytic treatment for diagnoses of autism! The cost of […]