Elizabeth Spiegel's blog

We discussed the names of the pieces and which he likes (he dislikes the knight and likes the "little tiny pawn," consistent with ...

A mattress is insatiable. It demands sacrifices. At night it makes the  sound of a bouncing ball. It needs a bookcase. It needs a table w...

Hello out there! I made a big decision recently that I'd like to tell you about. The last year and a half I've been staying home wi...

It started when a parent said to me, "My child's rating hasn't gone up in a year. Does that mean he hasn't learned anything...

       Baby's got some crazy big eyes, right? I definitely never thought I would be a stay-at-home mother.       ...

      So I'm on maternity leave, which is very relaxing. I'm due Oct 27, so mostly I'm just waiting, waddling around, and paying...

I thought I would share with you some of the more unexpected things I have learned so far about pregnancy: 1. Most people seem extremely i...

        I've been working on laying out sequentially what I do in the first year of a beginner "shop class." It's on googl...

    I start by explaining there are really two ways to win a game of chess: you can 1) attack your opponent's king and checkmate him, o...

Kids love knights. I find myself reminding students 10,000 times a year that bishops are usually better than knights, and they need to have ...