K-2 Nurturing

2023-2024 Nurturing Schedule: 

Mrs. Powell will push-in to Kindergarten-2nd Grade classes on designated days during the week.

The K-2 program is grounded in Primary Education Thinking Skills (P.E.T.S.).  Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS) is a systematic enrichment thinking skills program for K-3 students.  Its purpose is to help primary aged students develop higher level thinking skills.  PETS follows the taxonomy of thinking skills outlined by Benjamin Bloom, presenting lessons in analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.  

Students are introduced to Dudley the Detective - Deductive Logic, Yolanda the Yarnspinner - Creative Thinking, Isabel the Inventor - Inventive Thinking, Max the Magician - Mental Manipulation of Shapes, Sybil the Scientist - Analytic Thinking, and Jordan the Judge - Evaluative Thinking.  Each character introduces a higher level thinking skill used in his or her job.  Each character guides students through a story and a series of activities to introduce and reinforce their type of thinking. 

In compliance with Federal law, including Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, New Hanover County Schools administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities, and admissions without discrimination because of disability, race, religion, national, or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, or gender except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law.