Taught my girlfriend's 7-year old daughter. Each piece has it's own little game that we played together. Each game took less than 10 minutes. After playing all games, she set up all the pieces on the traditional board (that came with QuickChess) and started playing full chess! Plus, she still likes to play me on the QuickChess board when I don't have time for a full game. I loaned it to a friend who didn't know how to play chess, and she told me that she learned, too, while teaching her son with all the mini games. Now I recommend QuickChess to all my friends who have children.