We had four classes today at Delphi Academy of Florida. Each one was full and the kids were so eager to play. Now, you’d think a chess class would be calm and sedate.  HA!

Our students are so into chess that we constantly have to remind them that we’re in a library and we should keep our voices down. They cry out when they are victorious or sometimes when they have a plan they know will be triumphant.

I overhead my husband explain to one student, an 8-year-old Italian boy, that he shouldn’t give away his strategy to his opponent. The boy was so excited by his idea that he couldn’t help but tell his friend all about it.  Such enthusiasm is infectious.

We also made a trip to the preschool and spent some time with a couple of girls there. One was 2 years old and the other 3. They did very well and were attentive for the whole 20 minutes.