The Knight School Kansas City

Chess Nuts is a laughing, dancing, any 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 one hour and 15 minutes.

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Ascension Catholic School Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Ascension Catholic School The Knight School Elementary Chess, 9510 W 127th St, Overland Park, KS 66213, USA

Friday 3:25 pm - 4:40 pm Aug 22, 2025 - May 15, 2026 Enroll

Bethany Lutheran Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Bethany Lutheran Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 9101 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS 66207, USA

Thursday 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Aug 21, 2025 - May 14, 2026 Enroll

Christ Lutheran Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Bethany Lutheran Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 9101 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS 66207, USA

Monday 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Oct 06, 2025 - May 11, 2026 Enroll

Christa McAuliffe Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Christa McAuliffe Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 15600 W 83rd St, Lenexa, KS 66219, USA

Friday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Aug 22, 2025 - May 15, 2026 Enroll

Cure' of Ars Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Cure' of Ars Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 9403 Mission Rd, Leawood, KS 66206, USA

Wednesday 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Sep 03, 2025 - May 13, 2026 Enroll

Global Montessori Academy Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Global Montessori Academy, 7457 Cherokee Dr, Prairie Village, KS 66208, USA

Friday 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Aug 22, 2025 - May 15, 2026 Enroll

Nieman Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Nieman Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 10917 W 67th St, Shawnee, KS 66203, USA

Tuesday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Aug 19, 2025 - May 13, 2026 Enroll

Riverview Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Riverview Elementary, 21550 W 47th St, Shawnee, KS 66226, USA

Monday 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Aug 18, 2025 - May 11, 2026 Enroll

St. Agnes Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

St. Agnes Catholic School The Knight School Elementary Chess, 5130 Mission Rd, Roeland Park, KS 66205, USA

Thursday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Aug 21, 2025 - May 14, 2026 Enroll

St. Ann Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

Cure' of Ars Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 9403 Mission Rd, Leawood, KS 66206, USA

Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Aug 20, 2025 - May 13, 2026 Enroll

St. Joseph Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

St. Joseph Catholic School, 11505 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS 66203, USA

Tuesday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Sep 09, 2025 - May 12, 2026 Enroll

St. Thomas More Catholic School Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess

St. Thomas More Catholic School The Knight School Elementary Chess, 11800 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO 64131, USA

Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Aug 28, 2025 - May 14, 2026 Enroll

Westwood View Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess (Mondays)

Westwood View Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 2511 W 50th St, Westwood, KS 66205, USA

Monday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Aug 18, 2025 - May 15, 2026 Enroll

Westwood View Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess (Wednesdays)

Westwood View Elementary Chess Nuts Kindergarten Chess, 2511 W 50th St, Westwood, KS 66205, USA

Wednesday 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Aug 20, 2025 - May 13, 2026 Enroll