Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature… …attention-getting phrases that… surprise and delight kids instantly invite students into conversation with you and their classmates prepare children to “use their thinking caps” lead into and make connections with…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Put the FAB 15 A-GEs to Work for You!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology of K – 5 Teachers! Let’s pick up the focus on the FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-getting elements – that can benefit teachers every single school day. To date, Attentionology has explored ten of…
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Hold Kids’ Attention with Vacation Stations
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to shine some light on end-of-school term activities. Weekdays just ahead of the end of a school term can seem like they last forever, especially for K – 5 teachers and students who are…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Attention-getting activities for kids, creative teaching, Extra activities to support K-5 curricula, Fall, K - 2, K - 5 classroom management, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, Preparing for summer vacation, Seasonal poems by The Lovable Poet, Setting up K-5 classroom centers, Spring, Summer, Winter
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Mind Wandering Enhances Learning
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to uncover how mind wandering enhances learning at the end of a school term. End-of-year or end-of-term activities can add to attention problems for students, especially kids who act as if they’ve…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, asking kids to help teachers, Classroom management at end of terms, creative activities to engage reluctant students, Fall, how mind wandering enhances learning, interactive storytelling, K - 2, Literary, Mid-Week Focus, power of personification in teaching K-5 kids, pre-writing tools, Preparing students for tests, puppets as teaching tools, silly poems by The Lovable Poet, Spring, Summer
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Get Kids Laughing to Learn
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to assess how more of the 15 FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention- Getting Elements can support K – 5 curricula and teachers’ classroom management strategies… …Today’s A-GEs: Interaction and Humor. These elements…
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Turn Your Classroom into Discovery Place!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Daily routines are mandatory for classroom management in any grade, but by the end of the school year or term, routines can become boring, sapping energy out of teachers…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, activities for end of school term, activities to encourage reading, activities to encourage writing, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, breaking boring routines, elementary science education, Fall, how to energize students, ideas for environmental education, K - 2, Making a Classroom Discovery Place, multi-disciplinary, preparing students for 21st century, re-using items to help kids learn, Spring, storytelling tips for teachers, Summer, Winter
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International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – North Carolina (US)
Hi. I’d like you to meet J. Albert Ervin. Albert is standing in front of a restoration of the original office of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in Raleigh, the state capital. The Attentionology Connection The original office…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, benefits of museum visits for kids, Connecting history and science, Creating touch-me museum exhibits, designing effective exhibits, elementary science education, Fall, how teachers inspire students, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers, investigative labs in museums and schools, Island of the Blue Dolphins, J. Albert Ervin, K - 2, multi-disciplinary, museums kids can make, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Spring, Summer, teaching to different learning styles, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, visual aids in presentations, Winter
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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.
