Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus! Mid-Week Focus is all about quick and easy ways to approach teaching to keep kids on task in any instructional setting. Let’s share insight and practical ideas. Let’s blend fun with function,…
Monthly Archives: January 2013
The Magic Hat – Mid-Week Focus – Attention-Grabbing Games
Tagged with: attention-grabbing games, color-feeling chart bulletin board, connecting colors with emotions, fun functional teaching tricks, games to help kids learn, helping kids express feelings, Mid-Week Focus, modified card games for teachers, motivating students to work harder, multi-disciplinary, rainy-day exercise game for kids, similes in language arts, teachers as game masters, what's under the magic hat
Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers, Mid-Week Focus
Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers, Mid-Week Focus
International Festival of Attention – Grabbers – Florida (US)
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! For the thirteen and a half years that ended on August 13, 2012, anyone who met K-9 Officer, Diane Whetsel, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (US), was likely to…
Tagged with: AKC dogs, American Humane Association 2013 calendar, Concept, concept of attentionology, dealing with dyslexia, Diane Whetsel, dog training, Hero Dog, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers, K-9 disaster specialists for FEMA, K-9 Officer/Trainer, K-9 search and rescue after 9/11, K-9 search and rescue in Hurricane Katrina, K-9 search and rescue in Iraq, overcoming learning disabilities, power of positive reinforcement in teaching, Sage, teaching kids to be tenacious, The Border Heartbeat, The Sage Foundation For Dogs Who Serve
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Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers
The Magic Hat – Mid-Week Focus – Games Research
Hats off to teachers and to research for my blog – time-consuming but well worth it! I’m researching GAMES TEACHERS USE TO CATCH AND KEEP KIDS’ ATTENTION. My research will form a base for an upcoming Mid-Week Focus post. If you…
Spotlight on Learning with The Attentionology Traveler
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Here we go; another school/work week’s begun. Is January flying by for you like it is for me? Just since last Monday, The Attentionology Traveler has been trekking again,…
Tagged with: achievement promises, actions speak louder than words, Bumble Bee Responsible bulletin board, facilitating learning in K - 5 classes, Google Searches, helping kids live into students' pledge, helping learning processes, jackpot of ideas for teachers, multi-disciplinary, positive "shout outs" to kids, poster connecting thinking/learning, strengthening school/home communities, student-made bulletin boards, The Attentionology Traveler, using a flashlight to spotlight good K - 5 class work
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Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers, The Attentionology Traveler
The Magic Hat – Mid-Week Focus – Encouraging Curiosity
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus! Mid-Week Focus is all about quick and easy ways to approach teaching to keep kids on task in any instructional setting. Let’s share insight and practical ideas. Let’s blend fun with function,…
Tagged with: assisting students with academic challenges, Dutch settlers in New York, encouraging curiosity in kids, enhancing instructional techniques, fun with word origins, Literary, Mid-Week Focus, Origin of the English word COOL, prompting kids to investigate, sparking student interest in research, teachers modeling curiosity, the joy of discovery and learning, the power of asking questions, using word prompts to help students focus
Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers
Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers
The Magic Hat – Mid-Week Focus – 2012 in review
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus! Happy New Year! What’s under the magic hat today? The WordPress.com stats “helper monkeys;” they’ve prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. The report was published on 12/31/12. Here’s an excerpt:…
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.
