Second-graders learn math through chess

Here is a nice article about a teacher who uses chess to teach math skills to second-graders:

http://www.newstimes.com/ci_7255652

Craig Fay is a second-grade teacher who has taught his students chess once a week for the last 3 years to help them improve their math skills. He uses the material count, imbalanced material, and estimating and graphing piece movements to help the kids practice their math skills. He says "It really makes girls feel good about math, and boys like it because it's competitive," and "Last year I had a couple of girls who really struggled in math and after learning to play chess they really did better and raised their hands much more in class".

This looks like a very effective way to use chess and math in a benefitial way and I hope that more school teachers would consider these methods of learning for children.

Wonderful.

Great!