The most interesting for me was the fact that David is speaking French and German to his kid and is being understood. You are going to make your kid a polyglote and a chess player by the age of 5 and here is my kid eating his boogers.
I have been using these techniques at my local club's Saturday mornings for kids. Super helpful and engaging for kids up to 5/6 if they are just starting out!
This is awesome! We have a 2 year old who is all over the board any time she sees me playing chess, and I want to let her participate, but it's been a struggle to get the game simple enough AND interesting enough for her enjoy once we've sat down....I tried just moving the kings, and she gets the concept of going one square and taking turns, but she gets bored. The piggy game is much better.
Piggy game is where I start with most little ones, but it depends on the kid what they will like most. With the K game, you could also put some snacks on the board, and she gets to eat them in real life when her King "eats" them by capturing them for her. :-D Have fun! - David
Very inspiring! It would be amazing to analyze the games with Stockfish NNUE and find out that the kid played some random genius moves every now and then.
Waitwaitwait....Le feu? The bishop is a crazy/rube/fool in French? ......and having two idiots is a great advantage. Truly the beauty of chess deepens each day.
hehe, that's right! I think it comes from arabic "fil" for elephant. In Spanish, I believe the bishop is "alfil," and the word traveled through Spain to France. Chess has traveled a lot; there are a lot of cool cultural things to learn along the way :)
Wow. Thank you. My 5yr old daughter has been dying to play chess with me, but I couldn't think of a way to teacher her that didn't overwhelm her or exceed her attention span. This is amazing.
Thank you David! This was a wonderful video, full of great advice and so well presented too! I'm looking forward to playing the farmer and the piggies with my daughter!
Great ideas and advise, but why would u NOT go aheadand explain why it's best to do something when a B is attacking a Q worth 3x more than it❓️❓️❓️ I don't care how old the child is. . . But for me, it would make more sense taking the time esp. AT THAT POINT to explain why it's best to do something to prevent a piece worth only 3 to capture something that's 3x its value; wouldn't you agree❓️❗️🤔
My 5 year old finally asked me to learn chess... this is the first video I found on RUclips and I don't have to look around anymore... You explained everything perfectly. Thank you for the advice and I will definitely look up Chess Kid.
I'm excited to see this. A few years ago I taught a 2.5 year old a game called "Gobble up" I taught the basic movement of the pieces and encouraged them to Gobble up my sitting pawns. This gave the foundation needed to teach basic chess rules by time the child was 5.
Brilliant video. I have a 2 year old who already likes chess, but I wasn't sure how to approach it with her properly. Her favourite game atm is making he pieces all lay down and go to sleep - next step, piggies!
Great video and starting point. I play chess for fun, must also admit not great, but I have been approached by kids and parents, if i can teach them how to play. Teaching someone chess is something completely new to me and your video helped me a lot. watching more videos gives me a good strategy plan for the first classes. I would be grateful for any advise or teaching tools suggestions I could get to teach kids.
Thank you David, this is very useful! I have one question about the farmer-piggies game. Are the pawns in this case supposed to be able to defend and capture or all they do is just move 1 square at a time until they manage to reach the 8th rank?
You can do it either way. Depending on the kid, you can provide an extra step: first you the pawns just move one step at a time without capture/defense. Then as the kid is confident in that, you introduce the pawns/piggies defending each other. (Of course when you do that, it makes it more difficult, so reduce the piggie count when making the step up).
Excellent advise! The three don‘ts are sooooo important, you could have made them three times as big and bold in your slides. The first two in particular you MUST NOT do. Not even once. Never, ever, EVER!
This is great! I have a question though. What do I do if I have already “‘showing my hand” to my 4 year old about how much I want her to learn chess? I asked her does she like it and she said it feels like work lol
Good question. You are already in a bit of a pinch! You may have to hide that you want her to play for a while, maybe don't offer her the chance to play. Meanwhile, give her a chance as a spectator to see how much you (or others) like playing chess. Wait for her to ask for it, before suggesting she play.
My daughter got interested in playing chess and Japanese Mahong just by seeing me play them on my phone occasionally. She can see I find them interesting, so she naturally found them interesting as well. Then we went online and chose a cute childrens set that she liked the look of. Best of luck!
You were right, the king game is kind of subtle, actually. I had the right idea to go for the (very) distant opposition but it took me a while to figure out why kg1 loses where kg2 draws. Once I put it on the board it was simple enough to figure out that being further up the board is needed to actually push for the win. Still, very neat way to show off the opposition idea.
Interesting! Have a question regarding the K game, I don't see how it isn't a forced draw after opposition. Tried doing some research on google but couldn't find this particular game. Would love to hear an explanation why it is a forced win for white!
Hi Gustav, I'm happy to explain it to you, but first you should try playing it against yourself or a friend for a bit and see if you can figure it out, yeah? Let me know when you've worked on it for an hour, and then I'll give you an explanation if you still want one. - David
@@ChessDojo Ok I think I got it, thanks to Chess Lifestyles reply and some borrowed knowledge from Silman :) Only winning move is 1.Kh2 maintaining the distant opposition. And if mirrored moves ... 9Kb4 (Either Ka6 or Kc6) White will outflank on the opposite side. 1.Kg2 draws since white gives up opposition, but black cannot outflank whites king and therefore maintains opposition. 1.Kg1 loses due to losing space and opposition to blacks king, where it can after 9.. Kc5 outflank white after 10. Ka3 or Kc3. Does this sound reasonable?
This is excellent stuff. Have started with a formal way of teaching to my 7 year old but this is gold..not just about Chess but stuff on keeping it light, playing with odds when you always don't lose, making it fun, maze lessons im sure will try these out.
@@ChessDojo Can you also make (get paid for it, of course) a pdf file about the theory of mind and why some children get to be taught chess and some don't? What causes some people to want to teach some children how to play chess.
I've taught kids on the spectrum, but never did anything different than with other kids their age. They happened to be interested already, so I did not have to spark their interest.
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The most interesting for me was the fact that David is speaking French and German to his kid and is being understood. You are going to make your kid a polyglote and a chess player by the age of 5 and here is my kid eating his boogers.
It tastes good!
Smart kids probably eat their boogers to unless we teach them not to
he spoke French not German
polyglot*
German around 37:30
I have been using these techniques at my local club's Saturday mornings for kids. Super helpful and engaging for kids up to 5/6 if they are just starting out!
hello, could we connect and share teaching kids club experience?
This is awesome! We have a 2 year old who is all over the board any time she sees me playing chess, and I want to let her participate, but it's been a struggle to get the game simple enough AND interesting enough for her enjoy once we've sat down....I tried just moving the kings, and she gets the concept of going one square and taking turns, but she gets bored. The piggy game is much better.
Piggy game is where I start with most little ones, but it depends on the kid what they will like most. With the K game, you could also put some snacks on the board, and she gets to eat them in real life when her King "eats" them by capturing them for her. :-D Have fun! - David
That maze idea is lovely. I can't wait to put crazy little toys and figurines in my maze to make it fun and different each time.
Very inspiring! It would be amazing to analyze the games with Stockfish NNUE and find out that the kid played some random genius moves every now and then.
chessmatec is the best app for teaching kids chess that I have seen. Very step-by-step teaching of the pieces and basic tactics.
Waitwaitwait....Le feu? The bishop is a crazy/rube/fool in French? ......and having two idiots is a great advantage. Truly the beauty of chess deepens each day.
hehe, that's right! I think it comes from arabic "fil" for elephant. In Spanish, I believe the bishop is "alfil," and the word traveled through Spain to France. Chess has traveled a lot; there are a lot of cool cultural things to learn along the way :)
Hi David, I found this video very helpful. Will keep these things in mind when I teach my kids chess.
Is there any websites you recommend for me as a parent and for my kids?
Absolutely loved this video. It's incredible how little content on this there is. Thanks!
100%.
I was looking for similar videos and nothing comes close to this content. Absolutely brilliant, thanks a lot.
Wow. Thank you. My 5yr old daughter has been dying to play chess with me, but I couldn't think of a way to teacher her that didn't overwhelm her or exceed her attention span. This is amazing.
I most often just start with double bishop chekmate. If they cant do that they are not worth my time.
Amazing job! This is extremely inspiring. I have a 2 weeks old and I want to teach him everything 🎉
He is almost 1year old, I hope he is a GM now ;)
Thank you David! This was a wonderful video, full of great advice and so well presented too! I'm looking forward to playing the farmer and the piggies with my daughter!
Great ideas and advise, but why would u NOT go aheadand explain why it's best to do something when a B is attacking a Q worth 3x more than it❓️❓️❓️ I don't care how old the child is. . . But for me, it would make more sense taking the time esp. AT THAT POINT to explain why it's best to do something to prevent a piece worth only 3 to capture something that's 3x its value; wouldn't you agree❓️❗️🤔
AND U DONT EVEN BOTHER REPLYING TO ME.......🤡🤡🤡
My 5 year old finally asked me to learn chess... this is the first video I found on RUclips and I don't have to look around anymore... You explained everything perfectly. Thank you for the advice and I will definitely look up Chess Kid.
My little brother always asks me to play chess with him ...
He's 2
I'm excited to see this. A few years ago I taught a 2.5 year old a game called "Gobble up" I taught the basic movement of the pieces and encouraged them to Gobble up my sitting pawns. This gave the foundation needed to teach basic chess rules by time the child was 5.
"Gobble up" is a great idea!! Similar to some of the mazes I make where a single piece has to walk a certain route and eat pieces along its way.
Great video
This is awesome content super helpful and super cute. I tried french immersion-ing my kids and half succeeded. Keep going!
Thanks for these very useful pieces of advice, David! If it worked with your kid, then I am sure that it will work with my 4-5 year-old students
Yeah, some parts will work better or worse for different kids, obviously, but I'm sure something here will work for each of your students :) - David
Brilliant video. I have a 2 year old who already likes chess, but I wasn't sure how to approach it with her properly. Her favourite game atm is making he pieces all lay down and go to sleep - next step, piggies!
That's exciting to hear!
Great video and starting point. I play chess for fun, must also admit not great, but I have been approached by kids and parents, if i can teach them how to play. Teaching someone chess is something completely new to me and your video helped me a lot. watching more videos gives me a good strategy plan for the first classes. I would be grateful for any advise or teaching tools suggestions I could get to teach kids.
So creative and encouraging, thanks David. It's very obvious that you deeply love teaching
I do :)
Thank you David, this is very useful! I have one question about the farmer-piggies game. Are the pawns in this case supposed to be able to defend and capture or all they do is just move 1 square at a time until they manage to reach the 8th rank?
You can do it either way. Depending on the kid, you can provide an extra step: first you the pawns just move one step at a time without capture/defense. Then as the kid is confident in that, you introduce the pawns/piggies defending each other. (Of course when you do that, it makes it more difficult, so reduce the piggie count when making the step up).
Very good ideas, thanks for sharing.
This was so helpful, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Hi David. What’s the best courseware books to use to teach kindergartners toddlers 4-8?
I have not used books with kids that young.
David is starting to sound more and more like Jesse
Excellent advise! The three don‘ts are sooooo important, you could have made them three times as big and bold in your slides. The first two in particular you MUST NOT do. Not even once. Never, ever, EVER!
Exactly the info i needed
This is great! I have a question though. What do I do if I have already “‘showing my hand” to my 4 year old about how much I want her to learn chess? I asked her does she like it and she said it feels like work lol
Good question. You are already in a bit of a pinch! You may have to hide that you want her to play for a while, maybe don't offer her the chance to play. Meanwhile, give her a chance as a spectator to see how much you (or others) like playing chess. Wait for her to ask for it, before suggesting she play.
@@chesscomdpruess thank you
My daughter got interested in playing chess and Japanese Mahong just by seeing me play them on my phone occasionally. She can see I find them interesting, so she naturally found them interesting as well. Then we went online and chose a cute childrens set that she liked the look of. Best of luck!
thanks
The kid's queen is always hanging after she moves
Magistral!
Fantastic video - thank you so much! Great ideas.
You were right, the king game is kind of subtle, actually. I had the right idea to go for the (very) distant opposition but it took me a while to figure out why kg1 loses where kg2 draws. Once I put it on the board it was simple enough to figure out that being further up the board is needed to actually push for the win. Still, very neat way to show off the opposition idea.
:-) good work! Now you are better at all other endgames you ever play.
Very developmentally appropriate. Kudos!
Noice one , will be usefull
1. e4 Nf6 Bc4?? d5 Nc3?? Bg4!?
Interesting! Have a question regarding the K game, I don't see how it isn't a forced draw after opposition. Tried doing some research on google but couldn't find this particular game. Would love to hear an explanation why it is a forced win for white!
Hi Gustav, I'm happy to explain it to you, but first you should try playing it against yourself or a friend for a bit and see if you can figure it out, yeah? Let me know when you've worked on it for an hour, and then I'll give you an explanation if you still want one. - David
With the power of distant opposition and outflanking :D (that's a clue, but agree with David's reply!)
Thanks for the replies, I will look into it tonight!
@@ChessDojo Ok I think I got it, thanks to Chess Lifestyles reply and some borrowed knowledge from Silman :) Only winning move is 1.Kh2 maintaining the distant opposition. And if mirrored moves ... 9Kb4 (Either Ka6 or Kc6) White will outflank on the opposite side. 1.Kg2 draws since white gives up opposition, but black cannot outflank whites king and therefore maintains opposition. 1.Kg1 loses due to losing space and opposition to blacks king, where it can after 9.. Kc5 outflank white after 10. Ka3 or Kc3.
Does this sound reasonable?
This is excellent stuff. Have started with a formal way of teaching to my 7 year old but this is gold..not just about Chess but stuff on keeping it light, playing with odds when you always don't lose, making it fun, maze lessons im sure will try these out.
Great! I hope it works out well for you :) -David
@@ChessDojo Can you also make (get paid for it, of course) a pdf file about the theory of mind and why some children get to be taught chess and some don't? What causes some people to want to teach some children how to play chess.
Do you have any suggestions for a 6 year old with Autism to learn chess? Thank you
I've taught kids on the spectrum, but never did anything different than with other kids their age. They happened to be interested already, so I did not have to spark their interest.