Rook + introducing ranks and files

Concepts to reinforce:

- Board setup

- Names of the pieces

- Rook moves

New concepts to learn: 

- Ranks and files

Game prep:

- together we setup the board

- repeated names of the pieces 

- pointed on the letters of the files A though H repeatedly (this is A file, this is B file etc)
- pointed on the numbers of the ranks 1 through 8 repeatedly 
- let her repeat with me both ranks and files at least once

Game:

 Gave her lego cubes and asked to make any straight lines just like the way the rook moves from letter A to letter H or from number 1 to number 8. 

 

After we finished building lines I repeated the names of the ranks and files. For example: if she decided to build along the rank would repeat (this is 6th rank, this is 4th rank etc). 

Placed the rook of her choice along the open "road". Repeated that the rook is going along the B file, rook is going along the D file etc. 

Then she would name herself the name of the "road" along which the rook walks. It was fun :).