Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

 Whats the best way to teach chess to children? Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14 is a handbook for teachers, librarians, after-school instructors, chess coaches, counselors, and parents that requires no prior knowledge of the game. Both novices and veteran chess players can use its innovative lesson plans for teaching groups of children.InThinking with Chess, Dr. Alexey Root connects chess with skills important to academic success, such as classifying, pattern recognition, decoding, creating, and predicting. The book also introduces challenges for practicing divergent thinking and puzzles for convergent thinking.Thinking with Chess teaches not only the fundamentals of chess – the chessmen and how they move, how to keep score, and where to play – but also tools useful in winning games, such as double check and smothered checkmate.About the authorAlexey W. Root was the 1989 U.S. Womens Chess Champion and is a Woman International Master. She has a Ph.D. in education from UCLA and is the author of five previous books on chess in education. Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14 is her first book for Mongoose Press.Dr. Root is a senior lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). From 1999 to 2003, she served as associate director of the UT Dallas Chess Program, home to one of the top college chess teams in the world. Root currently teaches Chess Online courses for college credit via UT Dallas eLearning. She lives in Denton, Texas.

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Chess is Childs Play: Teaching Techniques That Work

Chess is Childs Play: Teaching Techniques That Work

 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 Enhanced imaginationImproved patience and focusGreater 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

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Gary's Adventures in Chess Country

Gary's Adventures in Chess Country

For centuries, chess has been the world's most popular board game. But did you know that it can also improve your child's ability to learn?Studies have shown that by focusing on basic chess concepts, children as young as four can improve their reasoning and develop their problem-solving abilities.Gary's Adventures in Chess Country is designed to help children delve into the world of chess through an engaging adventure story. Spirited away by a mysterious young girl on a magic tricycle, Gary is taken

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Power Chess for Kids: Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best...

Power Chess for Kids: Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best...

Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best Players in Your SchoolIf you want to amaze your friends with your chess skills, this is exactly the book you have been looking for. To become one of the best chess players in your school you need to play Power Moves, winning tactics that require thinking ahead. But how do you find Power Moves? Experienced chess trainer Charles Hertan will show you and help you to become a very dangerous player! You will learn how to weed out silly moves and just consider

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Under the Surface by Jan Markos (miękka okładka)

Under the Surface by Jan Markos (miękka okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim.The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the board.The authors philosophy is that understanding chess brings pure happiness, and he woul

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Under the Surface by Jan Markos (twarda okładka)

Under the Surface by Jan Markos (twarda okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Twarda okładka. The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the board.The authors philosophy is that understanding chess brings pur

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Chess for Kids and Parents by Heinz Brunthaler (miękka okładka)

Chess for Kids and Parents by Heinz Brunthaler (miękka okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. It is widely accepted that learning chess has a very positive effect on children. Many parents want to help their children to study chess, but dont know how to do it. This book is the solution. It is a practical handbook that teaches the mysteries of chess with a light touch.All rules and aspects of the game are covered. This book will help children progress from absolute beginners to playing in tournaments.Heinz Brunthaler has his background in business. For the last

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Chess Camp: Volume 1

Chess Camp: Volume 1

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.In this first volume, Move, Attack, and Capture, the student will discover how the chess pieces move; start to get a feel for the che

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Chess Camp Volume 5, Two Move Checkmates

Chess Camp Volume 5, Two Move Checkmates

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board. In Two-Move Checkmates, the fifth volume in the Chess Camp series, the student will be introduced to the elements of planning, aiming

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Chess Camp: Volume 3

Chess Camp: Volume 3

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.In Checkmates with Many Pieces, the third volume in the series, the student will: 1) find his or her way to mate in more complex posi

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Chess Camp Volume 7, Opening Tactics

Chess Camp Volume 7, Opening Tactics

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.The seventh volume in this series, Opening Tactics, sets problems in more lifelike conditions, as they arise from standard openings a

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Zestaw 7 książek Chess Camp Series 1 - 7 (twarda okładka)

Zestaw 7 książek Chess Camp Series 1 - 7 (twarda okładka)

Wersja angielska, twarda oprawa.Zestaw 7 książek z serii Chess Camp. W skład zestawu wchodzi:Move, Attack, and CaptureSimple CheckmatesCheckmates with Many PiecesElementary EndgamesTwo-Move CheckmatesTactics in Attack and DefenseOpening TacticsChess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically in

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Chess Camp: Volume 2

Chess Camp: Volume 2

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.The second volume in this series, Simple Checkmates, contains 618 structured problems, exercises, and fun puzzles that will help the

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Chess Camp Volume 6, Tactics in Attack and Defense

Chess Camp Volume 6, Tactics in Attack and Defense

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.Volume 6, Tactics in Attack and Defense, presents 618 problems and exercises introducing the advancing student to more complex tactic

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Chess training Pocket Book II

Chess training Pocket Book II

320 Key Positions to improve your chess skills. 'The Chess Training Pocket Book II: How to spot tactics and how far ahead to calculate' gives you the knowledge and training you need to become a master-strength player. It will test, train, and sharpen your thinking skills.The first chapter has a number of extremely useful, no-nonsense tips on how to think about a position, such as: how to battle tunnel-vision, handle candidate moves, use 'support positions', and switch perspective.The bulk of the book cons

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Better thinking, better chess

Better thinking, better chess

Finding strong moves doesn't simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater conceptual knowledge makes choosing a move more complex as it increases the number of directions your mind can take. More important is optimizing your thought process.Grandmaster Joel Benjamin knows that pointing out the moves his students missed is just half the job. They need to understand that they were looking in the wrong direction. Chess engines offer little help in this because they cant explain why you we

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