De-clutter to Create Attention Skills

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Barbara Cleary

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…

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Catch Attention with a Team Mascot

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Barbara Cleary

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…

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Create an Opportunity Bag for Attention

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Barbara Cleary

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…

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Pass Me the Pineapple Please!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Barbara Cleary

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…

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