Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! For those who begin a new year when the calendar turns to January, as it soon will, it’s a good time to clean up and clean out, not just…
Yearly Archives: 2010
De-clutter to Create Attention Skills
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, multi-disciplinary, organization skills, resolutions to pay attention, teaching tricks
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Catch Attention with a Team Mascot
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Picture this…you and your students are getting ready to review the math they’ve been learning this semester before a major test. You blink and all the kids’ eyes have turned toward…
Tagged with: drama, motivational tricks, school mascots, teaching tricks, team mascots
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Create an Opportunity Bag for Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Let’s face it…many elementary school students view school as a must-do chore and some see it as an engaging center of learning and fun. Whether or not a student grasps the…
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, positive reinforcement, simple teaching tools, symbols of attention skills, Visuals
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Pass Me the Pineapple Please!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I just got back from a weekend visit to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, site of a historic area that replicates the eighteenth century capital of a colony of diverse people who…
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, multi-sensory learning, teaching tricks, Visuals, welcome symbols
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Visualize, Please, Where In The World Are We?
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I have a funny travel-related story about one of my third grade students in a school where I recently taught. For background, I should mention that I structure a week-long residency…
Tagged with: drama, K-5 teachers, power of make-believe, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks, visualization techniques
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An Eagle Eye On Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! A recent article by Matt Richtel published in the New York Times offers more evidence that children are becoming less and less able to stay focused in our digital age. You…
Tagged with: attention deficit disorders, drama, K-5 teachers, simple teaching tools, The New York Times, using imagination
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Adapt Pop Culture for Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! When I started writing this blog back in March, 2010, I made a promise to the elementary educators and others who work with elementary school-age children – my potential…
Cornucopia of Attention-Getters
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! My research and new creative work are paying off…I’ve collected and designed a cornucopia full of more great ideas that can help you catch and keep elementary students’ attention. How about an actual cornucopia as…
Tagged with: extra credit activities, harvest-time history, K-5 teachers, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks, Visuals
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Research Break
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Attention with a Natural Touch
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’ve got a new attention-getting trick in the making for you this week that can be a lot of fun for teachers as well as for elementary school students: Catch your class’ attention by bringing nature…
Tagged with: flower power, K-5 teachers, observation skills, teaching tricks, Visuals
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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years.
An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
