Chess Club

Chess Club provides kids with a fundamental understanding of the game of chess, and is designed to foster a love of logic, problem solving, and hopefully the desire to deepen one's learning of strategy and games! While kids will learn the rules of the games, Connor creates an atmosphere where participants challenge one another and become better friends by collaborating and playing with each other.

Beginning with a quick lesson that helps to evaluate kids' and/or the group's general skill level, there is much game play throughout the weekly experiences, during which Connor will provide individual instruction as kids play one another. Other activities depending on age, level, and interest include introduction to the board and pieces, ways to 'check,' freeze dance movement breaks where dancers move as chess pieces, and general integration of concepts through creativity, activity, and games ♟️

Recommended for groups of 6 to 10 (must be an even number).

About Connor

Musician and Chess Teacher

Connor is a musician and chess player now in his first year of law school. He started playing chess in 1st grade, and has been an enthusiastic lover of the game and the way chess' logical reasoning has lent itself to other parts of his life ever since. He has been working closely with kids for the past 8 years as a music teacher, math and english tutor, camp counselor, and youth chess instructor. His teaching philosophy reflects back to his own experiences as a kid where his most positive learning experiences were with teachers who really cared about what they were teaching. Connor is a lifelong learner himself!

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Grasshopper offered my daughter an opportunity to learn in a vibrant, fun setting that was continuously customized for her attention span and interests. Her Grasshopper teacher was fun, engaging and supremely personable. She took the time to get to know my daughter before diving into anything. I felt more than comfortable leaving my daughter in such capable hands…and love that she truly learned some new things from the experience. We will be using Grasshopper regularly to broaden her horizons and expose her to new concepts in a safe and compelling way. The icing on the cake is that the experience took place in our home, at a time that was convenient for us!

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We LOVED everything about Grasshopper! The customer service experience was exceptional! I felt like so much intentionality was taken to ensure that the activity would be both age appropriate and fun for my kids. Our experience leader was so easy going and chatted with the kids during the experience, and really took the time to engage and get to know them. We are definitely going to be using Grasshopper again! Thank you!
Mandi B.
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Grasshopper offered my daughter an opportunity to learn in a vibrant, fun setting that was continuously customized for her attention span and interests. Her Grasshopper teacher was fun, engaging and supremely personable. She took the time to get to know my daughter before diving into anything. I felt more than comfortable leaving my daughter in such capable hands…and love that she truly learned some new things from the experience. We will be using Grasshopper regularly to broaden her horizons and expose her to new concepts in a safe and compelling way. The icing on the cake is that the experience took place in our home, at a time that was convenient for us!
Lauren G.
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Our Grasshopper experience was amazing! I have four very curious kids at different ages with different interests, and the experience had all four of them engaged the whole time. Also, as an educator, I was very impressed with how the teacher led the program. She obviously knew what she was doing, and the minute she left, my kids were asking for another experience.
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