DISTRICT 4
YOUTH BRIDGE
INFORMATION
Youth NABC at the Philadelphia Nationals
July 19 - July 21, 2012
1 Samuel Amer Newark, DE 14 2/3/4 Alexander Okamoto Wyndmoor, PA 1 2/3/4 Shane Zeller York, PA 1 2/3/4 Jack Gillispie Elizabethtown, PA 1 1 Raghavendra Rajkumar Ithaca, NY 18 2 Peter Cooke Celebration, FL 17 3 Samuel Amer Newark, DE 14 4 Yinghan Ding Clinton, NY 9 5/6 Jeremy Adelman Cllinton, NY 4 5/6 Kendrick Chow Philadelphia, PA 4 7 Zhuo Wang Philadelphia, PA 3 8/9/10 Wenyang Qi Philadelphia, PA 1 8/9/10 Alexander Okamoto Wyndmoor, PA 1 8/9/10 Shane Zeller York, PA 1 New York Times Article - For Kids Raised on IPods - Lessons in Bridge
Bridge Makes You Smarter
The evidence is in from a three-year study of bridge students and test scores in schools. Read the Results.
New School Bridge for Youth
The ACBL School Bridge Lesson Series program is designed to help you bring the joy of bridge to youth. More than 4000 youngsters participate each year in schools throughout North America. The fully funded program is sponsored by the ACBL and includes teacher stipends and free textbooks.
Complete information is available on the ACBL webpage.
Donna Compton's Teacher's Manual for children ages 4-7
Donna Compton's Teacher's Manual for children ages 8-10
Kitty Cooper's School Bridge Teaching Manual
Bridge Teachers for Youth Webpage
Check out what's happening this year in teaching youth bridge at the btfy website.
WBF Youth Bridge Manual is available at www.wbfteaching.org
Watch what Bill Gates and Fred Gitelman think about Youth Bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJcFspR5koc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8nqEaUv7X0&feature
and some young players:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mfchIwccs&feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg7RpUihfHI&feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1UwuBXQkZY&feature
