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Status: Member since January 1, 2009
Location: United States of America
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My husband and I own Your Chess Coach, a company devoted to teaching children how to play chess. There are so many life lessons that can be learned from the game:

• Tactical and logical thinking
• Formulating plans and carrying them through
• Patience
• Ability to concentrate
• Memory
• Imagination
• Independent thinking and self motivation
• Analyzing positions and evaluating them on a continual basis
• Spatial relations
• Pattern recognition
• Importance of timing and gaining tempo
• Visualizing goals and achieving them
• Learning to differentiate between positions and scenarios
• Selecting importance levels when making decisions
• Focusing attention
• Problem solving
• Thinking outside the box
When I started listing them I realized that chess should be taught in every school and should be a part of every child's educational experience. Imagine what kind of creative problem solvers our next generation could be if they had the skills one learns over a chess board!
We teach private lessons locally, group classes in schools and lessons over the net to remote locations.
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How Chess and Imagination Relate
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Laura Sherman
Chess helps to build an active and creative imagination in our next generation.
Education / Home Schooling
Family Bonding through Chess
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Laura Sherman
Chess is a very bonding experience for parent and child and offers are solution to the mind numbing effects of video games and TV.
Education / Home Schooling
Chess: Let Your Child teach You
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Laura Sherman
Children (and adults) learn a lot by teaching. Most likely if your child has picked up an interest in chess he or she will start beating you regularly. If this happens pat yourself on the back for a job well done and give him the added victory of teaching you a thing or two about the game!
Education / Home Schooling
Chess: When to Start Teaching Your Child
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Laura Sherman
Many parents wonder how early you can teach a child to play chess. It depends on your child and his or her interest, but our 2-year-old daughter asks (insists) on daily lessons! Start young and see where it goes!
Education / Home Schooling
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