Show Notes
Today, we are opening up a magical wooden box and stepping inside the ancient game of chess! Chess is like a gymnasium for the brain. In this episode, your K-4th graders will learn Spanish vocabulary for the pieces (la torre, el alfil, el caballo), use their bodies to mimic how the pieces move, and use hands-on addition to calculate the total number of games in a speed-chess tournament bracket. Parents: Stick around to the very end for our "Parent Corner." Today, Shelley explains how learning basic chess constraints builds "inhibitory control," and how pairing up fingers for a tournament bracket lays the cognitive groundwork for computer science algorithms like binary trees! 🎙️ The Kids Takeover is Coming!On the last Friday of August, we are featuring YOUR Thinkers on the show! Head over to RaisingThinkers.io to join the free community for our monthly printables, or upgrade to the Master Thinkers Club to submit your challenge answers for a custom certificate and submit your audio riddles/jokes for the podcast! (All August submissions are due by the 20th!) Keep questioning, keep playing, and we will see you on Thursday for a Brain Bender!
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