Services for Schools
Services for Schools
CIC teaches life skills through chess in schools
Bringing chess to life
Extra
curricular
clubs
At lunchtime or after classes, students flock to our extracurricular chess clubs for camaraderie and intellectual challenge. They have a blast playing with their friends and learning the ways of chess, all while developing critical life skills. At a CIC chess club, life skills like Communication, Critical Thinking, and Self-Management are purposefully woven into the fabric of the curriculum.
Students reflect upon and discuss their own life experiences within these areas, then apply their new wisdom directly to the chess lessons.
CIC extracurricular clubs offer your students, regardless of age or ability level, a place to find new friends, discover a new hobby, and learn critical life skills.
Clubs run from September to June, with terms every 8 weeks.
Price is $25 per student per hour. Purchased by parents or guardians.
Subsidies are available for students in need.
If you would like CIC to run a club in your school, please send us a request via the form below.
Club Levels
Kindergarten students play fun, physical games with their friends to learn piece names, movements, and rules. They laugh and sing and solve puzzles and work together in play-based learning activities.
Primary students are in grades one through three. They learn the basics of chess, and a love of chess, through fun, interactive games that are developmentally targeted to this age range.
Junior students are in grades four through six. At this level, students take their basic knowledge and expand into the fundamentals of tactics and strategy. The lessons are still collaborative and engaging, yet they move at a swifter pace and offer greater academic challenge than the Primary Clubs.
In-Class
lessons
Primary and Junior students love our in-class chess lessons for the deep dive into a whole new world of an ancient and revered game – not to mention it’s an hour playing games instead of doing schoolwork!
Teachers love our in-class lessons because chess opens doorways to history, mathematics, and visual art – not to mention it’s an hour playing games instead of doing schoolwork!
CIC Chess lessons are serious fun. And yet beyond the fun, beyond the chess, there’s so much more. In a CIC lesson, essential life skills like Communication, Critical Thinking, and Self-Management are purposefully woven into the fabric of the curriculum. Students reflect upon and discuss their own life experiences within these areas, then apply their new wisdom directly to the chess lessons.
Each lesson is 45-60 minutes and takes place during regular school hours.
Lessons are packaged in terms lasting between 6 and 12 weeks, depending on your preference.
Price is $120 per class, up to one hour. Invoiced to the school.
Subsidies are available for schools in need.
If you would like CIC to teach in-class lessons at your school, please send us a request via the form below.
Lesson Levels
Primary lessons are for students in grades one through three. They learn the basics of chess, and a love of chess, through fun, interactive games that are developmentally targeted to this age range. Woven into those activities are life lessons on Creativity, Participation, and Respect for Others.
Junior lessons are for grades four through six. At this age, students are quickly taught to play the basic game. Their knowledge is then expanded into the fundamentals of tactics and strategy. The lessons are collaborative and engaging yet move swiftly and offer a developmentally appropriate academic challenge.
skills &
Habits
workshop
In this workshop, CIC instructors facilitate two hours of chess-based activities. From the perspective of students, these activities are an exciting gateway into the wide world of chess, engaging and enjoyable with their puzzles, mazes, and games. They learn the chess board coordinate system, pawn movement, and pawn attacks. Woven throughout the chess instruction are activities dedicated to improving responsibility, organization, independent work, collaboration, initiative, and self-regulation.
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in these areas in a unique and novel setting, building up their proficiencies of these critical life skills.
Each workshop is 2 hours and takes place during school hours.
Workshops are sold individually by classroom. However, multiple classrooms can be visited in a single day.
Price is $299 per classroom. Invoiced to the school.
Subsidies are available for schools in need.
If you would like CIC to teach Skills & Habits Workshops at your school, please send us a request via the form below.
