Chess World

...Professionals who work with the students relate chess to real life situations and to the Ontario curriculum whether it is math or literacy. Students learn to develop higher-level thinking skills including problem solving, reasoning, connecting and reflecting. Some comments from the teachers include well-organized, fantastic, challenging... The best testimonials, however, come from the students themselves: exciting, super, we learn to set goals, we get to use our imaginations, we all participate, we learn to be fair, fantastic, fun, funny, I learn every day, I’ve learned to plan before I move, I like the stories, awesome, cool and epic..."

Ken Kroeker: Acting Principal, Pauline Junior Public School, Toronto

This program expounds the principals of learning chess and having these lessons also guide decisions in life. It goes far beyond the game of chess itself, and turned out to serve as a very unique and powerful rehabilitation tool. The program teaches clients to think positively about future choices they will make and gives them the skills and tools to become productive and contributory citizens. I personally vetted several classes and was very excited and pleased with the content, the pacing of the subject matter and the multi-layered approach utilized in leading clients through the material."

Michael P. Koly: Volunteer Services Coordinator, Toronto South Detention Centre, Toronto, Canada,