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Using chess to educate Irish school children by  supporting teachers and schools.  Moves For Life encourages everyone to play and have fun, and enables teachers to use chess to teach further thinking and social skills. 

 

 

Ficheall le Una

Free download (chess rules) in Irish ..  leabhair-ficheall . And for more ‘As Gealige’ click link ficheall-website

Chess in Schools

Is chess an art? A science? Some claim it’s both. Yet let‘s be honest, it’s really just a game. Fun, challenging, creative: but still a game, not much different from tennis, cricket, football, or golf…

But there is one striking difference to these other popular games. While learning to play almost any game can help build self-esteem and confidence, chess is one of the few that fully exercises our minds. It is never too late to learn to play or to reap the benefits – you only have to look at the work using chess as an antidote to Alzheimer’s disease, but it’s best to learn while young.

Chess is one of the most powerful educational tools available to strengthen a child’s mind. It‘s fairly easy to learn how to play. Most six or seven year old children can follow the basic rules. Some kids as young as four or five can play. Like learning a language or music, an early start can help a child become more proficient. Whatever a child’s age, however, chess can enhance concentration, patience, and perseverance, as well as develop creativity, intuition, memory, and most importantly, the ability to analyse and deduce from a set of general principles, learning to make tough decisions and solve problems flexibly.

To learn more about the benefits of Chess in Schools, please visit our resource page.

To add your school or establishment to this list, please contact us.

Schools by County

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Dublin

Stanhope Street Primary, Dublin 7.

Wexford

Bunclody NS, Wexford.

Make and do projects:

Above is Isabella’s fantastic Oragami chess set ..

plese send us in a picture of your creation and you could then play a fun mini-game with your family !

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Trustees :

Chairman John McMorrow,   Secretary Colm O’Muireagan,  Treasurer Ronan Sweeney,   Ruth Redmond, Andy Keenan, Gordon Freeman

Working Committee :

Desmond Beatty, April Cronin, Colm OhAonghusa, John Conlon & Brendan Buckley.

 

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