ChessKid Stars and Gems: A Quick Guide for Parents
Hello ChessKid Parents and Teachers!This article explains how ChessKid Stars and Gems work to help you understand what function they have, how they support learning, how they are earned, and how to use them on the platform. It also explains the different features and activities that reward them.
Summary:
At ChessKid, we believe learning chess should be exciting and engaging because kids learn best when they’re having fun! That’s why we’ve expanded our rewards system with Stars and Gems.
Stars are learning points. Kids earn them by completing chess-related activities. Just like stickers on a reward chart, Stars show effort and progress, helping kids level up as they learn.
Gems are pretend play money. Kids earn Gems to trade in for fun extras like outfits and accessories for their avatar. These have no real monetary value and are just for motivation and creativity.
Together, Stars and Gems make learning feel fun and rewarding, the same way stickers and classroom bucks encourage progress in school.
What Are Stars? ⭐
Stars are points kids earn by:
- Completing chess lessons, games, puzzles, and other chess activities
- Practicing regularly and learning new concepts
Stars show the progress kids are making in their chess journey:
- Earning more Stars unlocks new challenges and rewards
🚀 How Stars Work
- Star collection begins as soon as an account is created
- Stars are never lost or deducted, they only go up!
🔓 What Can Stars Unlock?
- Stars unlock avatar items, allowing kids to fully customize their avatars to match their style and personality.
- This makes the learning experience more fun and personal!
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Example of avatar customizations
What Are Gems? 💎
Many educational games use a pretend currency that kids can earn. For ChessKid, these are Gems.
⚙️ How Gems Work
- Gems are earned, not purchased, by playing and learning chess and other chess activities.
- Gems do not cost real money and can't be traded for anything outside the game.
🛍️ How Gems Are Used
- They are only used for fun, like acquiring outfits and accessories for avatars.
- A great analogy for Gems is like play money a child uses to get stickers or dress-up items.
- Gems are spent when used to acquire items in the avatar shop.
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Example of Avatar Shop
How to Earn Stars and Gems on ChessKid 🎁
Different features and activities on ChessKid award Stars and Gems. Here’s a high-level breakdown of activities that earn Stars and Gems:
| Tool | iOS App | Android App | ChessKid.com |
| Fast Chess | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Slow Chess | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Play vs Bot | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Lessons | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Puzzles | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Puzzle Duel | ⭐ | N/A | ⭐ |
| Spin the Wheel | ⭐💎 | ⭐ | ⭐ |
| Daily Quests | ⭐ | ⭐ | N/A |
| Streaks | ⭐ | N/A | N/A |
Notes:
- Gems are only available on iOS, coming soon to Android and ChessKid.com
- Some features are not available on other platforms at the moment