{"product_id":"story-time-chess","title":"Story Time Chess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeaching chess by refusing to mention chess for as long as possible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem with teaching a five-year-old chess is that the pieces are abstractions and the rules arrive as a list. Story Time Chess solves it the obvious way once somebody has thought of it: every piece gets a character and a story, and the way it moves falls out of the story rather than out of a diagram.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pawns are children who can only step forward. The rook is a lazy king in a bathtub who slides in straight lines. It is silly and it works, and the point is that a child who learns this way is playing real chess on a real board by the end - nothing has been dumbed down, just introduced in an order a small person can hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e in ahead of full details from the publisher. Publisher, age range and contents will be confirmed from the box when it is unpacked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e The parent who wants to teach chess and has already failed once.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartell Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49938433769624,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/story-time-chess","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}