For teachers and coaches
Chess in the club and in class
The CHESS MONKEYS workbooks are made for teaching. Here we describe how a lesson is built: 45 or 60 minutes, the twelve methods you mark, and the times that follow that choice.
One lesson
- 0–5
The piece cinema
From Level 3, with a move the children picture.
- 5–15
Short exercise
- 15–30
Longer exercise
20 minutes
Once a month a 20-minute method can replace the two blocks. The week of the plan that is replaced is then skipped. The remaining 5 minutes are added to the playing time.
- 30–42
Playing
Including setting up and putting away. All pairs play the same position.
30–4040–55 - 42–45
Close
Two children say what they learned today.
The first lesson runs differently and does not count towards this plan: Before the first lesson
How I plan my lessons
- Change the methods of the two practice blocks every week. After four weeks the plan starts again.
- When a new chapter starts in the workbook, use Thinking aloud together for the 10-minute block that week.
- Once a month a 20-minute method can replace the two blocks. The week of the plan that is replaced is then skipped.
- Motif detectives can take over the 15-minute block in any week.
- If the group has chess twice a week, each lesson counts as one week of the plan.