K-3 Talent Development

Each week, students practice thinking like one of the six thinking characters:

• Dudley the Detective is a German shepherd who uses clues to find the one correct solution to the problem

• Isabel the Inventor is a crafty squirrel who sees the world a little differently. Sometimes she is building a machine to make life easier and sometimes she is flexing her artistic muscle and adding a special design to a basic object

• Sybil the Scientist enjoys categorizing and grouping items together. Her special skill is all about identifying parts of things and placing them into the proper group

• Max the Magician is not only a math thinker, he is also a wonderful visual thinker. He is able to rotate and flip shapes in his mind to fit them into the proper spot in a larger shape. He also does a great job continuing challenging patterns and puzzles involving shapes, colors, and numbers

• Jordan the Judge is a wise owl who helps students think through the best options. Oftentimes, a pros and cons list is helpful and other times a matrix is important to determine what is best for everyone involved

• Yolanda the Yarnspinner weaves wonderful tales and stories. She enjoys writing comic strips, clever jokes, suspenseful cliffhangers...you name it, she can do it! She likes to add colorful detail to her writing and wants the reader to stay engrossed