Cracking the “Secret of Life”

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’ve been reading about the life and work of Reynolds Price who died on January 20 at age 77. Price was a novelist, poet, dramatist and essayist, but according…

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Teachers’ Attention Tricks

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’m always so appreciative when other teachers share their tried and true attention tools and tricks with me, and I’m happy to pass their strategies along to you here.…

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It’s Attention Time!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’m always struck by how much attention ordinary objects can bring to me as a teacher when I present them in extraordinary ways. For example, I was teaching an art class recently…

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Form an Attention Circle – Round We Go!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s an idea for your January – schedule a day for your class to form an Attention Circle. Invite your students to take turns telling what helps them and/or…

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