In Kindergarten through 2nd grade, the AIG program is designed to explore ability and nurture talent among all students. The AIG teacher works with EVERY student in grades K-2. Each week, I push in to provide whole group lessons that encourage critical, creative, and higher order thinking skills.
The scope and sequence of 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. Imaginative memory triggers are included with each introductory lesson.