Early risers growing wiser with chess
By Anthony Roberts
Looking for a new ploy to get the kids out of bed in the morning?
Parents at Sherwood’s elementary schools have found one. Chess.
On any given Friday at 7 a.m. in the Hopkins Elementary library, around 40 students gather around tables and set up cloth chess boards on the floor. A parent volunteer gives a brief lesson on technique, and then the games begin.
“Chess is very helpful with math skills and critical thinking,” according to Kevin Henry, who serves on Sherwood’s school board and volunteers with Hopkins’ chess club. “It also teaches patience.”
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Brilliant! What a brilliant idea!
Chess is very helpful with math skills and critical thinking is a myth and has no substantial statistical double blind proof. Other factors are inviolved, such as the alpha-beta that kids that are interested in math are also interested in chess. Doesnt mean they improve one or the other by the activity.
“Chess is very helpful with math skills and critical thinking is a myth and has no substantial statistical double blind proof. Other factors are inviolved, such as the alpha-beta that kids that are interested in math are also interested in chess. Doesnt mean they improve one or the other by the activity.”
Get with the subject, the post waws not on chess myths… Pure fact, chess makes these kids get up in the morning without peeling them out of their beds.