triyng to teach chess in my school. help please

right now im in my last year of school, and i want to talk with someone who know didactic and pedagogic ways to teach how to play chess. the idea is for kids between the age of 6 and 13 years old. thank you

6 year olds are the worst....... too much energy for chess

glue them to their chairs maybe

Don't make teaching too long. Probably teach them for 30 minutes.

Teach them first how the pieces move.

Teach them captures

Teach them the value of pieces so they will have an idea what piece to capture.

Rook=5, Queen=9, pawn=1, bishop=3, knight =3. Set up in the board something like, if given the opportunity what they will capture? A knight or Rook? But before this, ask them first to do capture puzzle. Let say you are teaching bishop capture. Put two pawns on teh board. Put one pawn on the capture range of the bishop. Ask them what pawn teh bishop can capture. Do these to other pieces.

Once they are getting the grasp of movement/capture, show them how the game is won by mate.  Show them back rank mate. Show them these mate positions. 

http://chess.about.com/od/tipsforbeginners/ss/BasicCheckmates.htm.

Let them solve easy one move mates. Once they have grasp what is a mate, teach them two rook endgame mate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK1s2nWo8wc

Continue giving them one move mate problenms. Teach them also tactics like pin and fork. Let them also solve easy fork and pin problems. Once they got good at one move mate, give them two move mate problems.

Show them what is a material advantage and how tactics help gain material advantage. Give them rewards if they solve a problem. Let them play each other.

I am having fun but also some trouble keeping a 7 and 9 year old focused. I think doing more small puzzles/scenarios would help. What kind of rewards do you give if they solve a problem?

Also, when they are playing each other, what is the right balance of letting them do what they want vs. interfering? For the two I'm working with I wil not let them make illegal moves, but I've been letting them make very bad moves if they want to, because I do not want to be interfering constantly and making it no fun

For a reward a candy/or chocolate. kids love candies/chocolate. When they also solve a puzzle without a mistake,compliment them.

Yeah just interfer with illegal moves. After the match show them their mistakes. If there is recurring tactical mistake that they always do, give them some drills/puzzles and lessons to lessen it. One thing that will really motivate them is if they play in a tournament. Or you can also create a tournament for your students. The winner of course will have a reward. But it will be also cool if they will join a tournament outside from your school. Show also them photos,from internet, of kids playing chess in a tournament. These photos could add inspiration/motivation for them.

When you give tactical puzzle, I think it is more visually more appealing to them if you set up it in a chess board.

First of all quit using words like didactic and pedagogic.  

Youre dealing with kids 6-10.  Keep the lessons simple, and short.

lol. been there. won't go back. one is climbing the wall. another is hiding in the closet because a girl called him stupid. good luck.

I coached Kg-  5th grade for years.  We had a blast.  Very little misconduct, because we changed activities every few minutes when the little ones were playing  (I divided them btween K-2, 3-5).  We used a demo board and competed for "best move" from any position.  As long as they could justify a move then got a piece of candy.  We played pawns against pawns to learn chaining, we played queen against the pawns to promote the same skill.  Then we slowly added minor pieces.  There's no rush to learning the game as long as they are still competing at anything.

I always started the older kids by teaching an opening and had them play their first game from the opening positions I had just taught.  Then we had ladder competition the rest of the period.

To keep them quiet, I gave a verbal warning, and then my next consequence was to take a middle pawn off the board.  You could hear a pin drop.  Even with this draconian consequence I had as many as 60-70 players in elementary school.  I never had to take more than one pawn off a board in one day.  It was the most enjoyable activity I ever had in school.  We were county champs for years.