After School Program 2024
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While the overwhelming majority of chess programs may―to varying degrees―do a fine job of teaching the mechanics of the game, strategy, and overall board consciousness, we on the other hand are far more concerned with encouraging life masters than we are chess masters. In effect, we are the ones who ensure that chess makes a good “first impression.” We do this by teaching children how to apply the lessons of the board to their every day critical decision making.
When a child enters the world of chess, they are entering the “gymnasium of the mind.” As you well know, the refining of a child’s character is a daily challenge, and should you allow us to be a small part of your child’s development. We will aim to teach your child the game of chess and to show them how to apply the valuable lessons of the game to their everyday life.
Phase 1 of our After School Program begins with a 4 week intensive program and our Summer Camps happen over a course of 5 days (plus we have a bonus weekly tournament every Sunday from 2:30-3:30 PM online for our club members). All this is designed to immerse and fortify your child in the fundamentals of chess and ChessLife Strategies™, the life skills component of our teachings. Should you maintain your child’s presence in our program and encourage them to complete all 5 Phases of our Program, we will aim to do our part to ensure that they become confident and proficient chess players and—most importantly—as more measured and reasoning young boys and girls.- If you have never taken part in our After School Program peruse our General Itinerary for insight on the type of lessons we teach. Have your child take our “Test Out of Phase 1 Booklet Quiz”, and grade it using this link if you have reason to believe your child is more advanced than our beginner level. If your child is able to earn a score of 9 out of 10 they should be considered advanced, if they earn 7-8 out of 10, consider them intermediate, if they earn a score of anything less than 7, consider them beginners. With that said, we strongly recommend that all students who score less than 9 out of 10 on our “Test Out of Phase 1 Booklet Quiz” start off by completing our Phase 1 booklet.
- If you are interested in registering for one of our After School Programs and are still unsure of your child’s skill level, simply list them as beginners during the registration process and leave the rest to us.
- CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR GENERAL CHESS TUTORS INSTRUCTIONAL ITINERARY.
- CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW OUR PUZZLE BOOKLET SYSTEM WORKS!