Chess Nuts is a laughing, dancing, zany video, chess-tourney, clock-slapping show introduction to chess and being the smart kid in the room. Kids report Chess Nuts to be the favorite part of their week, because kids love our infectiously-fun thinking activities are developmentally-targeted to be compelling, exhilarating, and gratifying.

Guaranteed to delight, Chess Nuts is the perfect way to instill enthusiasm for chess and help your kindergartener gain academic confidence while learning the basics of the game and having a blast.

Upon enrollment, new students receive a TKS T-Shirt, chess set, chess bag, and all the colorful TactixBands they can earn!

Did you know that Kindergartners get four special privileges in their The Knight School Chess classes? Yep. In fact, our kindergarten division is so important to us that it is a completely different The Knight School division called “Chess Nuts.” While kindergartners and elementary kids enjoy the gags and movies and prizes and excitement of chess class together every week in order to maximize the fun for kindergartners and also to accelerate the chess learning for kindergartners, Chess Nuts kindergarten chess is wholly different from our purple-shirted The Knight School elementary program. Here are the four big differences:

1) Our Chess Nuts kindergartners wear an orange shirt; The Knight School Elementary kids wear purple. That way there is no mistaking who needs the extra attention!

2) Our Chess Nuts kindergartners are the “students” during our recurring activity, “Yes, Junior?” in which veteran kids teach newbies specific tactics.

3) Our Chess Nuts kindergartners always enjoy a beginner’s lesson each week on the floor with their School Coach until they are ready to enter the general population.

4) Our Chess Nuts kindergartners are generally mentored by the older kids, which we have learned after thirty years of experimenting is the fastest way for kindergarteners to learn chess and be assimilated with established elementary chess players. Our kindergartners have reported for decades that mixing with the big kids is far more fun than being separated from them in a different room. Our mixing/mentor program is how we get fledglings on their feet, and we invite your kindergartner to join us this fall!

Class meets weekly for 60 or 75 minutes (depending on the location).

Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Program Days/Times Action

Allen Academy - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Wednesday 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Enroll

Annunciation Orthodox School - Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Join Waitlist

Arabic Immersion Magnet School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Atascocita Springs - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Beth Yeshurun Day School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Brazos Christian School - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Tuesday 3:10 pm - 4:25 pm Enroll

Colony Meadows Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Join Waitlist

Commonwealth Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Join Waitlist

Briargrove - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Cornerstone Christian Academy - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Friday 2:00 pm - 3:10 pm Enroll

Cornerstone Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Join Waitlist

Crockett Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

Cunae International School - The Knight School Elementary (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

Deretchin Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Durham - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Esprit International School - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Thursday 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Enroll

Faith Academy Bellville - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Monday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Field Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Tuesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Join Waitlist

Frostwood Elementary School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Harvard Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

Highlands Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Horn Elementary School - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Thursday 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Join Waitlist

Jewish Community Center - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Enroll

The John Cooper School - Chess Nuts Kindergarten Class (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Join Waitlist

Legacy Preparatory Christian Academy - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 10:30 am - 11:30 am Enroll

Malala Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Join Waitlist

Mark White - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Mandarin Immersion Magnet School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Enroll

Neill Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Memorial Drive Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Oak Forest - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Our Savior Lutheran - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Monday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Patterson Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Powell Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Monday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

River Oaks Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Join Waitlist

Rummel Creek - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Sally K Ride - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Tuesday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Join Waitlist

Scanlan Oaks Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Schiff Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Settlers Way Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Sinclair - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Enroll

Snyder - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Thursday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

St. Mark's Episcopal School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Enroll

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School - Little Geniuses Chess

Friday 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Enroll

Sullivan Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Monday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Join Waitlist

Walker Station Elementary - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Wednesday 3:45 pm - 4:55 pm Enroll

Wharton Dual Language Academy - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Enroll

The Woodlands Christian Academy - The Knight School Elementary Chess

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Join Waitlist

The Woodlands Methodist School - The Knight School Elementary Chess (Fall Semester)

Friday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Join Waitlist