Fun variants in teaching chess to children I'm teaching my 5 year old daughter basic chess. While she's kind of interested, I feel the material, such as how the pieces move, mate in 1 puzzles, basic KQ and KR checkmates, etc, is a bit boring to her.

This answer on another question presented an interesting variant call Rescue Snow White. It combines piece move training with some fun story.

Can someone can suggest other variants similar to Rescue Snow White that motivate children to learn chess? Being fun on the chess board is the main requirement, while the training value is an optional bonus.
For kids younger than 6, you could try the following:

Tag/Chase

You start by a specific number of pieces(no pawns or kings) on the board mixed.


One piece is "it" and this piece "chases/attacks" the other pieces. 
All the other pieces try to "run away" from this piece.
If "it" captures a piece, the latter piece is "it"


The players switch when a piece becomes "it", just remember to give a turn to player 2 when switching.

It can be more fun, as the kid has to calculate only 1 piece in relation to the others and it learns to fork and pin pieces. You could add an extra variant later and say the piece has to be undefended.

Tag/Chase without switching sides

A queen is "it" and tries to capture all other pieces, one after the other.

Chess without captures

Captures are not allowed, the goal is to learn how the pieces move.