Chess Club, Lego Robotics and Bible Club for Kids/Teens:
"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
Elon Musk American Entrepreneur
How to get ahead: "You equip yourself with skills that people are willing to pay for."
Thomas Sowell, Ph.D American Intellectual
"Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."
Sun Tzu Author of The Art of War Chinese military general.
"Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel."
Solomon (son of King David) King of Israel Author of the book of Proverbs 24:6 (The Holy Bible)
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In the process of writing a curriculum for Bible Club students grades K to 8th.
Chess Club, Lego Robotics and Bible Club for Kids/Teens:
Location: Appointments only Ironfire 17434 Bellflower Blvd 2nd floor Bellflower, CA 90706
Private/Public Schools, Libraries and Special Events: We value education and place priority to any private/public school, libraries and special events interested in our after-school programs. For more info please send us a message down below.
Downey Chess Club, LLC mission: to provide after school enrichment programs for all students (grades K to 8th) that combines attention to detail analysis, strategy, tactics, problem solving, innovative thinking and leadership training in order to prepare them for the future and allow them to reach their full potential.
Chess Club Program Description: Chess teaches our students to become Leaders, that govern their destiny through decision making and strategic planning, learning while having Fun. Chess is also a gateway to STEM education. Chess teaches critical & abstract thinking, problem solving, planning and analysis. It improves the ability to concentrate and teaches the value of good sportsmanship. Mastering strategic thinking through the Martial Arts of the Mind.
LEGO Robotics Club Program Description:Our LEGO robotics club building & coding program (Scratch & Python) helps students learn the fundamentals of STEM education and 21 century skills needed to become the digital future leaders of tomorrow. This LEGO robotics club also helps elementary students prepare for middle school and high school VEX robotics building & coding program (Python). This club is a testament to the fact that learning can be fun, engaging and highly productive. It's about that first joyful moment when a child sees their LEGO creation move for the first time, the development of new skills, the formation of friendships and the celebration of teamwork.
Bible Club for Kids and Teenagers : Learn from the greatest book ever written. From creation to Salvation. Chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Study the Holy Bible from the time of Adam to Jesus Christ. Learn the history of how the Old Testament became the 1st book written from Hebrew to Greek using 72 Hebrew translators-six from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, from Jerusalem to Alexandria. This became the 1st written translation known today as the Septuagint, which was already in use during the time of Jesus Christ. From this translation came the rest know today in many Christian faiths. From the original Hebrew translation to Greek, Latin, English and Spanish. Learn how to answer tricky evolutionist questions of who came first? man or woman, the chicken or the egg and the Big bang theory of the universe. Find your answers in the greatest book ever written. The Holy Bible!
Click on the video clips to see: Downey Library Chess Club 2024
Lego Boost engine with pistons and crankshaft
STEM 2023 Festival
Lego Boost table edge follower robot
Mindstorms drawing robot
Distance sensor robot
Two Lego robots from Mindstorms Robot Inventor Blast 1 and Blast 2.
STEAM Science: weights and balance. Lego figure rolls on tightrope without falling over.
USC Chess 1
Rocket launching robot.
Happy walking robot.
STEM 2024 Festival
Table edge detector robot.
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Above pictures of the chess club for kids at the Downey Library.
Below pictures of the Lego Robotics Club at a private school in Pico Rivera and the Chess and Robotics Club meeting room at the IronFire building in Bellflower.
Above picture of twin girls playing the analytical game of chess. “Chess teaches foresight by having to plan ahead, vigilance by having to keep watch over the whole chess board, caution by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves and finally we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life. That even when everything seems to be going badly for us, we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.” ---Benjamin Franklin
Above pictures of our Downey Library chess club instructor Mr. Gonzalez. Our after school program leader Ms. Soto and our Director Mr. Jimenez and Son.