In a world where the strength and influence of women are more celebrated than ever, Marisa van der Merwe, CEO and Founder of MiniChess and MindCo, stands as a beacon of inspiration. On the 22nd of August 2024, she took the stage as one of the keynote speakers at the...
MiniChess Level 1 Class of 2023. What a wonderful year we have had! Our MiniChess champs have acquired some valuable skills while having fun! The MiniChess programme is revolutionary in the way we use chess as a tool to teach important STEM skills, THINK skills and essential LIFE skills. Helping to build...
Education is the most important gift you can give your child! Sadly our education system and how our children get taught have not changed, yet the way our children learn and think has. Jobs and the criteria required to do them have also changed and will continue changing as technology...
During the 2022 MiniChess Franchisee Symposium we had the privilege to take some of our franchisees to visit The Mvelaphanda Primary School in Mamelodi. This is one of the sponsored programs made possible by The Entrust Foundation and Red Path Mining, our partner at this school. With approximately 250 children from...
Our Entrust Foundation, MiniChess team had the absolute honor to visit the stunning Safari Primary School in Hluhluwe region last week. Our team met with Lois Peterssen of Star for Life, all the way from Sweden. A massive thank you to ANEW Hotel who hosted us with excellence,...
This past weekend MiniChess had the privilege to exhibit at the Cape Town Home Schoolers Expo in Stellenbosch! There was so much excitement surrounding the MiniChess stand, with people showing a real interest in what the MiniChess programme has to offer and how it impacts the current school curricula. There...
We were so excited when our Queen, Marisa van der Merwe agreed to do one of the Level 1 lessons at Laerskool Du Preez van Wyk in Bronkhorspruit, herself! Ready for action was our learners who learned eagerly about The King and Pawn through all 7 learning styles in the lesson! ...
We are so proud of the learners at Laerskool Du Preez Van Wyk who are taking part in the Level 1 programme with MiniChess Teacher Michela da Cal. During this specific lesson, the learners did a revision to see where the children are in the programme and also learned sportsmanship...
A lot can be said about the benefits chess has on the development of children, but what are those benefits and why should your child start playing chess from an early age. In this article, we will discuss some of the benefits and see how it has relevance to daily...
There is something incredible in the way youth have the ability to bounce back from bad experiences. I remember as a child, climbing every possible tree I could find – and almost always falling out of them – and then simply getting up and dusting myself off. Yes, there were...
