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Chess Lesson - Rook, Preschool

• Activity 1 / Chess: How Rook Moves and Captures

• Activity 2 / Rooks Bingo Worksheet

  Now, can your child very accurately move the rook pieces over all of the correct squares in a game of chess? Do they know the moves a rook can make, and can they tell the ways that a rook cannot move? Look at the worksheet with your child. Ask them if all the pictures correctly show the ways a rook can move. Then, check the pictures which show only correct moves.

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• Activity 3 / How Rooks Capture Worksheet

  Chess requires skill, planned movements, and concentration from the players. In the game, players aim to capture chess pieces from the other player. And, they do this by strategically moving their own chess pieces. Your child knows how rooks move by now, but do they know how to use the pieces to capture enemy pieces? Look through the worksheet with your kids and circle all the pieces on the board that the rook can capture.

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