My daughter was singing with her choir, so my son and had a couple of hours to waste in Denver. We went to the Denver Public Library, and of course, my son being 6, wanted to go to the Children's library. Off we went.
As we walked in he got excited and his face lit up. He saw a giant checkers set. Each piece was about the size of one of his hands. He wanted to play. Now, I hadn't played checkers with him before, but I remembered that my grandfather taught me how to play checkers at that age. So, I gave it a try.
I didn't just tell him the rules and play. He was six and didn't have that kind of patience. I told him the first two games were just practice games. We'd play together as I explained the rules to him. He was okay with this plan, and he was happy that the first two games didn't "count."
What color do you want to be? "My grandfather told me smoke comes before fire, son, so black goes first." He liked that little mnemonic and I heard him repeating it for several days. Naturally, he wanted to be black.
Move one piece one square. You can only go diagonally. I moved a piece diagonally to show him. Then I moved a piece horizontal and vertical and said "you can't move horizontal or vertical, only diagonally, and your pieces are always on the black squares."
We moved a few pieces around and then I told him that the object of the game was to capture the other guy's pieces and have the last remaining checkers on the board. He became a little more interested. I showed him how to recognize a jump and how to take a piece.
We played along for a bit and I set up a double jump for him. Before his turn, I told him how you could take a double and triple jump and asked him if there were any spots like that on the board. He found the double jump and took it.
I eventually got a piece to the other side and had him crown my new king. Then I showed him how a king could go back and forth. He was excited about that feature and decided to get some kings.
Finally, I explained to him that once he took his finger off the piece, his move was final. So, if we wasn't sure about a move, needed to keep his finger on his checker.
That was the gist of the basic rules. We then played our first real game that "counted." I hadn't talked to him a bit about strategy yet, but he started telling me things like "well, I can't move here because you'll jump me" and "if I get a lot of kings, I should be able to win."
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