Life In 19x19

I bought the go game pictured in the attachment for my then two year old daughter last year. She was just beginning to be interested in playing games and following the rules, and I thought it might be something she would enjoy playing with daddy. It comes with a set of puzzles (built with the advice of Cho U) that slowly increase in difficulty and introduce the rules of Go. I taught her the capture rule and set up a few of the very easiest puzzles for her a few times last year, but she never showed much interest so I didn't push the game on her.

Yesterday, I suggested we play a different game but she pulled this one out and asked me to set up the puzzles in the book for her to solve. We went through more than 30 puzzles in one sitting, and she got most of them right on her own. They are very easy puzzles (most of them at the beginning of the book have various groups of "stones" in atari and ask how to capture them; a few ask the player to save a group or decide whether a move is legal), but I was super proud of her attention span and the fact that she really seemed to understand the capture rule. She knows that in my go game the white stones are for the teacher and the black stones are for the student; I wouldn't be surprised if she's teaching me before too long!

That's really great! I am totally impressed! I have two kids, and I tried to get the older one into Go. She understands the capture game and can play it, but doesn't have much interest. My younger one, who is too little to understand the game at all, just loves placing stones on the board. She always puts the stone between her fingers properly and hits it on the board. She loves it! I just hope her enthusiasm carries forward as she gets a little older.

Congrats on getting your daughter interested.

What a "cute" and interesting way to teach GO. You are sneaky.... : )

I agree it is quite possible she will be teaching you soon...

That is adorable!

Do you know who is the publisher?

nascent wrote: Do you know who is the publisher?

There are two copyrights on the box: the Nihon Kiin and Gentosha Education. I ordered it from Amazon.

Thanks. You are very helpful!