School Partnerships

For over 15 years, our program has been implemented in schools across the country, using storytelling to make chess fun, accessible, and educational for young learners.

More than just teaching a game, we've seen our curriculum strengthen critical thinking, focus, and confidence in children all the while making it silly and fun!

Whether it’s during-school, after-school, or summer programming, we offer a turn-key solution with certified instructors and all materials provided, making it easy to engage families and enrich your community.

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Story Time Chess

Chess lessons for kids
through engaging stories!

Strengthen Academic Performance
Sharpens Critical Thinking
Hones Verbal Skills
Improves Test Scores
Boosts Emotional Intelligence
Instills Self-Confidence

Birchguard Quest

An original role-playing
game for kids

Empower Self-Worth
Broaden Creative Thinking
Enhance Language Skills
Develop Quantitative Reasoning
Sharpen Executive Function
Engender Collaboration

Partnering with Story Time Chess

Our program is a fun, engaging addition to your school that strengthens your brand by offering an impactful enrichment program that parents and children love. Story Time Chess is offered as an optional enrichment program for children ages 3–7 and we handle the rest! We provide your school with Certified Tutors who are trained in our approach, and we will take care of all the logistical details of running the program.

Our program is loved by children and parents alike. Children love learning chess through our stories, and their parents love that their children are so excited about learning chess.

The Benefits

Hassle Free

Story Time Chess handles all of the administrative responsibilities, including enrollment, payment, materials, session management, parent updates, teacher updates, and supplemental chess tournaments.

Seamless Integration

We align our lessons and exercises with elements of your existing curriculum and activities that will be familiar to your students. Story Time Chess personnel will teach your students directly; no need to learn new skills or systems.

Increased Enrollment

Story Time Chess’s school partners have increased enrollment (more new students) and retained existing students through summer programs. Some schools have experienced over 100% increases in summer enrollment, accredited directly to our programming.

Students Love It

Story Time Chess promotes skills beyond mere gameplay such as emotional maturity, problem solving, and focus.We emphasize sportsmanship and empathy in every story; parents rave about the personal development they see in kids who take our classes.

Competitive Advantage

Chess education has already become a standard enrichment activity in public and private primary/secondary schools. Story Time Chess’s ability to teach children as young as three how to play chess is a new development in early childhood education. Our partnerships have proven to give schools a competitive advantage by differentiating themselves with our unique program.

Strong Marketing Tool

An early childhood enrichment program focusing on chess increases new parent walkthroughs and garner the accolades your school deserves. Schools partnered with Story Time Chess have been featured on ABC, NBC News, and our programs have made headlines in The New York Times, Forbes, and more.

600+

Global School Partners

30,000

Students Taught

400+

Certified Tutors

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What the experts are saying

Rami Singh

Goddard School Owner
NYC

"Parents love the Chess at Three Curriculum, it creates a value proposition for universal Pre-K and why parents should stay with us. It is a huge marketing piece and great for the kids.We've had parents refer their friends, asking about our chess program."

Dr Craig Bach

VP of Education
The Goddard Systems

"Our overall school retention and occupancy efforts are enhanced by Chessat Three’s Curriculum's highly engaging and fun program. It supports key learning objectives of our education program and helps strengthen our home-to-school connection."

Michelle & Bryan Clark

School Owners
Horsham, PA

"A wonderful opportunity to introduce and teach chess to our Pre-K and Kindergarten students in a very age appropriate, engaging and inviting way.The children get so excited and anxiously await the next lesson. We highly recommend this ground-breaking curriculum."