Courses for kids

[Milkman]

My daughters (5 and 7) seem interested in Go and can play a bit. They've solved a few hundred problems on GoChild between them and seem to enjoy it. This year I setup a private school for them, so I've got quite a bit of liberty in selecting curriculum. I think it'd be neat to give them ~2 hours a week of Go class.

Any suggestions on curriculum for kids, or how to approach this? Online course recommendations are fine. Physical curriculum is OK, but there's a lack of Go teachers in my area so it'd have to be something a 25k player (a friend of mine) could teach to them. It seems that the online teachers prefer older students at the 20k+ level, so it doesn't seem as easy as just hiring one of the online teachers.

I bought the first Level Up book, but haven't seen it yet. Is that a reasonable start for a "class"? (Their school year begins Jan 15.)

[GoRo]

... They've solved a few hundred problems on GoChild between them and seem to enjoy it.

That's a pretty lovely site: GoChild

...Online course recommendations are fine.

This gives a lot of helpful information:
http://www.usgo.org/instructional-methods-and-materials

I bought the first Level Up book, but haven't seen it yet. Is that a reasonable start for a "class"? (Their school year begins Jan 15.)

I like these books and I use them as inspiration for teaching beginners

Cheers,
Rainer
(GoChild GoRo with 2060457 points)

[xed_over]

you might check out the tiger's mouth forum. Its run by the AGA's youth director, and they have a private room on KGS where the kids can play games with each other.

[LuckyJim]

There is 321go.org. Look for the English flag if the site shows up in Dutch. There are problems in 6 books under 321Go - course. The books also have introduction sections with theory. Registered users get a kyu rating.

[msgreg]

This gives a lot of helpful information:
http://www.usgo.org/instructional-methods-and-materials

The updated and categorized page for ongoing lessons is:
http://www.usgo.org/classrooms-or-groups


There is a wealth of information on the AGA site.

There is also a separate page for one-time presentations or lessons:
http://www.usgo.org/presentations

And of course lots of handouts and posters:
http://www.usgo.org/publicity

And more on history and culture:
http://www.usgo.org/history-and-culture

And even more on scholarly research:
http://www.usgo.org/scholarly-research

And just for fun:
http://www.usgo.org/go-links

For absolute beginners:
http://www.usgo.org/learn-play

And a whole bunch of resources for further learning:
http://www.usgo.org/learn-overview


These are just starting points, but represent a huge amount of information. As I'm sure you know, go in the classroom can be lot more than just a game.

Good luck and (especially) have fun!

[Bonobo]

There is 321go.org. [..]

Sadly, http://321go.org/ is down, and it is unknown (at least to me) when or whether at all it will ever go online again


Greetings, Tom

[Milkman]

Thank you for all the replies and information!

[LuckyJim]

There is 321go.org. [..]

Sadly, http://321go.org/ is down, and it is unknown (at least to me) when or whether at all it will ever go online again


Greetings, Tom

They had problems for a couple of weeks with their provider, it is back again, and all your progress data is still there.

[Bonobo]

There is 321go.org. [..]

Sadly, http://321go.org/ is down, and it is unknown (at least to me) when or whether at all it will ever go online again

They had problems for a couple of weeks with their provider, it is back again, and all your progress data is still there.

So … have you actually tried to connect? Site does NOT load for me. Also, I got a mail from them a while ago, telling me they’s be down for an unknown time.

[LuckyJim]

So … have you actually tried to connect? Site does NOT load for me. Also, I got a mail from them a while ago, telling me they’s be down for an unknown time.

Well yes. I just did a problem on the site. Perhaps you try http://www.321go.org?

[LGolem]

I bought whole collection of Level Up (http://baduktopia.com/eng/) for my children. It is very good collection of problems.

[Bonobo]

So … have you actually tried to connect? Site does NOT load for me. Also, I got a mail from them a while ago, telling me they’s be down for an unknown time.

Well yes. I just did a problem on the site. Perhaps you try http://www.321go.org?

That is the URL I used, and I just clicked your link again, to no avail. Seems to load forever, then Chrome tells me “This webpage is not available”.

This is odd. The rest of the net seems to work fine for me.

[Boidhre]

It's down for me (UPC Ireland) and is up for me with a UK VPN.

DNS propagation? I don't know.

[Bovdom]

I have an online go course, it is good for kids too.

[coby]

Hi if you live in ohio I could teach them I am a teen better to learn from someone young then someone way older kids seem to listen to someone closer to there age