For teachers and coaches
The piece cinema
5 minutes · all levels · picturing from memory
What the children learnremember a position and picture what happens after a move.
What you needtwo simple positions from the workbook. Each child has a cover sheet, the plastic sleeve with the sheet Empty diagram and a wipe-clean pen.
How it goes
- Everyone looks at the first position for 30 seconds. Then cover it. You ask, for example: “Where was the white rook?” Each child marks the square on their empty board and shows it to their partner. Then uncover and check.2 minutes
- The second position the same way, a little harder.3 minutes
Level 1 and 2
few pieces and only one question.
From Level 3
show the position at the front. Then cover it or switch the picture off. After that, name a move: “The knight goes to f5. What does it attack now?”
Tip
the position stays covered until everyone has answered. Watch this: after a move, the square the piece came from is empty.
In a large class
show the position at the front in every level. Then cover it or switch the picture off.