Chess
Weekly or Monthly
Saturdays at 3:30 pm
The Life Skill benefits of chess for kids are huge
Teaches
- Sportsmanship
- Respect
- Strategy thinking and concentration
- Problem solving skills, planning and fore sight
Improves
- Attention span
- Healthy habits
- Uses both sides of the brain
- Reading skills
- Attention span
- Creative thinking using the right side of the brain
- Memory (good for us volunteers too – one study showed those who play chess were less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease)