Teacher: Ed Selling

• Young students will learn the rules of chess starting with learning the Pawn Game (just pawns against each other with the goal of being the first one to get a pawn to the other side of the board).

• We will learn how each piece moves and gradually add them to the chessboard with similar small games to learn how to use each piece.

• In addition to the concepts of Win, Lose, and Draw we will learn about Sportsmanship.  Making and keeping friendships while playing is more important than just winning a game!

• We will learn to recognize patterns and how to quietly concentrate.

• Learning how to imagine what will happen in the future on the chessboard and the consequences of our actions.

• We will learn about Check and Checkmate and also Draws.

Chess is a complicated game but can be learned by young students.