1st Grade P.E.T.S.

I’m excited to share the awesome learning experiences your children have been engaged in through our Primary Education Thinking Systems (P.E.T.S.) program! We’ve been working on developing our thinking skills in fun and innovative ways, finding areas of strength and identifying opportunities for growth. 

Mag the Magician: Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Our first focus was to enhance visual-spatial intelligence, with a variety of games and activities to develop this skill. Here’s a look at some of the games/activities we’ve explored:
Tangrams: This classic puzzle involves rearranging geometric shapes to form a specific image, helping students improve spatial reasoning and problem-solving. Click the picture above if your child would like to try tangrams at home. Students also have a paper set that we sent home for practice.


SET: A fast-paced card game that sharpens pattern recognition and logical thinking as students race to find sets of three cards with matching or contrasting characteristics. (Click the picture below if your child would like to play the game SET at home.)

QBitz: Players recreate patterns using cubes in a time-based challenge, which boosts spatial visualization and memory skills.


Blink: A quick card game where players must match shapes, colors, or numbers, promoting visual processing speed.

Katamino: is a versatile puzzle game that challenges players to fit geometric pieces into a grid, enhancing spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills for all ages.


Quirkle: A tile-laying game that encourages strategic thinking as students match colors and shapes in rows and columns.
Kanoodle: A brain-teasing puzzle game that requires students to fit different shaped pieces into a grid, challenging their spatial logic and planning.


Dudley the Detective: Logical Thinking
We’ve also started thinking like Dudley the Detective, focusing on logic and critical thinking through a variety of puzzles and games:

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Mastermind: A code-breaking game where students must use deduction and logic to crack their partner's secret code.

Sudoku: The kids’ version of this classic number or picture puzzle helps students develop logical thinking by placing numbers or pictures in grids without repeating them in rows or columns.

              
Other games you can encourage your child to play that will help with Logical-Deductive Reasoning: Chess, Clue, Guess Who, Rush Hour, and Rubik's Cube.  

These games and activities allow us to strengthen our minds while having fun! I’m so proud of the growth I’m seeing in each student and look forward to continuing our learning journey.