Two years ago we were looking at new ways of challenging the children when Anne Smith, education officer in early years and childcare at East Dunbartonshire Council, approached us to see if we'd be interested in running a pilot chess project.
The idea was a bit daunting at first. One of the staff had played chess years ago, but none of us knew much about the game. But when we spoke to Anne about our reservations she reassured us, providing us with ideas for topics and discussing how we could introduce the game.
Initially we had a few practical concerns - how it would work? would the children be interested? We thought of chess as being for older, more academic-minded children, not really suitable for nursery-aged children.
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