The curriculum includes 128 lessons (plus 32 kindergarten activities) in digital format. Presentable on an interactive whiteboard or with the help of a laptop and projector, lessons are divided into four parts per academic year over 4 years. Each lesson includes one or two physical board games (chess or other), to help understand the respective subject.
Introducing the SOLE System
In the SOLE system curricula we have separated the fields of instruction for Social Skills, Operational Skills, Logical Skills and Emotional Skills (SOLE) and we use chess and other strategic physical board games to mentaly train pupils in these skills. The board games are chosen in such a way as to help the students understand Thinking Models and to make possible the Transference of these models into real life situations.
These are the Skills we deal with in the Curricula:
Social Skills
- Power of Groups
- Mutual Help
- Cooperation
- Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
- Reaction to Partner’s Actions
Operational Skills
- Problem Solving
- Memory Enhancement
- Mathematical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Creative Thinking
- Strategic and Tactical Planning
- Intuition
- Resource Management
Logical Skills
- The Importance of Planning
- Setting Priorities
- How to Ask the Right Questions
- Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
- Action in Uncertain Circumstances
Emotional Skills:
- Success and Failure
- Winning and Losing
- Learning from Mistakes
- Conflict Management
- Contentment and Disappointment