Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When music, play, movement, creativity, joy and chess – yes, chess – combine with a group of enthusiastic kids, magic happens.

After years of developing a revised version of the 1986 musical with Danny Strong (who has written the new book), he is finally ushering the final product back to Broadway, where it hasn't been seen ...

LEARNING TO MASTER CHESS BOARD BEFORE BASIC MATH. AALIYAH PHILLIPS SHOWS US HOW SOME CLASSROOMS ARE USING MUSIC TO TEACH KIDS AS YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. IT’S NOT YOUR AVERAGE ...