Objects: matching opposite pieces from a chess game, half black and half white.

 

Boys and girls, what have I here in front of me today? (Let them tell you.) That's right. These are pieces from a chess game. Let's see if we can name some of them. (As the children identify the king, the queen, the knight, pick up each piece, making sure to pick up black sometimes, white other times.)

Can we play a game of chess with just white p…