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	<title>Say Yes To Chess</title>
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	<description>Teaching Chess to the Next Generation</description>
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		<title>Chess Is Child&#8217;s Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of research, Bill Kilpatrick and I are proud to announce the release of our book, Chess Is Child&#8217;s Play (available April 16th, 2012)!  Please check out this book today on amazon. They are still running a pre-release special of 41%.
Chess Is Child&#8217;s Play teaches any parent, of any skill level, to teach their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joshua&#8217;s Missing Peace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ghostwrote a book this year called Joshua’s Missing Peace. My client Lori Suthar kindly offered to give me a ghostwriting credit on the cover, so this will technically be my first author credit. I’ve written many books, but prior to this I was, well, a ghost!
When Lori approached me about her story, I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2011/12/29/joshuas-missing-peace/</link>
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		<title>Chess Is Child&#8217;s Play on Amazon at 41% off!</title>
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Chess is Child&#8217;s Play is a book written by parents, for parents. It is written for YOU!
Chess is one of the oldest strategy games known to man. Studies show that children who learn chess at an early age gain such valuable life skills as:

Problem-solving ability
Improved patience and focus
Enhanced imagination
Greater self-confidence.

We have created an easy, step-by-step [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2011/12/07/chess-is-childs-play-on-amazon-at-41-off/</link>
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		<title>Giant Chess Board Day</title>
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We recently got a hold of a giant chess set and the students LOVE it! In fact, I think we may have gotten a few new students because of it. 
Dan and I decided to have a Giant Chess Board Day at Delphi this Wednesday for our students. Children will be able to take turns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2011/10/23/giant-chess-board-day/</link>
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		<title>Check out my new website!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of having people &#8220;just find me,&#8221; I decided it was time to get a website designed. Thanks for Connect Up Marketing, I now have a new site!
Please visit me at LauraSherman.com and let me know what you think!
Do you like my owl?  
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		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2011/09/29/check-out-my-new-website/</link>
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		<title>21,800 hits and going</title>
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I’m pleased that our youtube video is still going strong. People seem to enjoy watching it:



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		<title>Teaching my 2 year old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I started teaching my 2 year old to play chess. She has been watching her older brother and sister (aged 7 and 4) play for some time and was ready for her first lesson.
We started by discussing the pieces and their names. Two pieces a day is what I suggest at this level. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2011/05/10/teaching-my-2-year-old/</link>
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		<title>Learning to write down the moves</title>
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Image by Getty Images via @daylife

It is important to teach your child to write down their moves as soon as they can. This allows you (or their chess coach) to go over their games with them.
One of the most important resource a player has are their own games. Going over all their games with someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2010/12/24/learning-to-write-down-the-moves/</link>
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		<title>Back up plans</title>
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Image via Wikipedia

Anyone who knows me, knows that I have backup plans for my backup plans. As a result I am rarely caught off guard.
Where did this skill come from?
Last night I realized that this viewpoint came from chess. When you play many games, and you care if you win or lose (which I do), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2010/10/27/back-up-plans/</link>
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		<title>Chess: An Investment in Your Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I was talking with a friend the other day about our the importance of teaching chess to children.&#160; He told me how chess had helped him as a child and as an adult and then pointed out that chess really has a “rate of return” for children.
As a parent I know many of you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sayyestochess.com/wordpress/2010/09/18/chess-an-investment-in-your-child/</link>
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