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.
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How to get ahead: You equip yourself with skills that people are willing to pay for.
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Chess Club and Lego Robotics for Kids:
Location: Appointments only Ironfire 17434 Bellflower Blvd 2nd floor Bellflower, CA 90706
Ironfire building entrance is located in the parking area at the back of the building, picture provided. Building entrance and parking area is on Ramona St and Bellflower Blvd.
Calendar Dates & Schedules:
Summer Session pre-registration is open: Chess Club for Kids: Starts June 7th on Fridays from 5 pm to 6 pm. Lego Robotics Club: Starts June 5th on Wednesdays from 5 pm to 6 pm. Please send us a message down below for pre-registration. Location: IronFire Bellflower
Adult private chess sessions available by appointment only.
To be placed on the Chess and Lego Robotics Club waiting list, please send us a message down below.
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:
Past Special Events 2024:
City of STEM Los Angeles
Old River School Elementary
Upcoming Special Events 2024:
TBA
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.
Click on the video clips to see:
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 after school program leaders, Ms. Nicole and Ms. Valery Soto, Chess and Lego Robotics Instructor James Jimenez and our Director Mr. Jimenez and Son.