Chess is Child's Play: Teaching Techniques That Work
by Laura Sherman Author
(From Amazon): Chess is Child's Play is a book written by parents, for parents. It is written for YOU!Chess is one of the oldest strategy games known to man. Studies show that children who learn chess at an early age gain such valuable life skills as: Problem-solving ability Improved patience and focus Enhanced imagination Greater self-confidence. Chess educators Laura Sherman and Bill Kilpatrick have created an easy, step-by-step method for teaching chess that parents of all skill levels can use to teach children of any age. You don't have to know how to play chess in order to use the system. This book will teach you the game, while showing you how to teach your child to play. You will learn together.Chess makes children smarter. Give your child an advantage in life and teach him or her to play today!
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781936277315
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 26
- Pages
- 304
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Mongoose Press
- Copyright
- 2012
Chapters
- 1 Why Chess?
- 2 What You Should Expect from the Lessons
- 3 Tips On Teaching
- 4 Special Exercises for Two- to Four-Year-Olds
- 5 The Rook
- 6 How to Take the Other Player's Pieces
- 7 The Bishop
- 8 How to Attack and Defend Pieces
- 9 The Queen
- 10 The King
- 11 Check
- 12 Checkmate
- 13 The Knight
- 14 The Pawn
- 15 Legal and Illegal Moves
- 16 How to Set Up the Chessboard
- 17 The First Game
- 18 Castling
- 19 Tips for How to Start a Game of Chess
- 20 Value of the Pieces
- 21 Your Pieces Can Get in the Way
- 22 More About Attacking
- 23 More About Defending
- 24 Getting Out of Check
- 25 More About Checkmate
- 26 Stalemate and Draw
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