Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Halloween is still more than four weeks away, but kids who celebrate the spooky season already have visions of Halloween candy in their heads. Tempt their taste for treats by…
Catchy Halloween-Time Measurements of Success
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Set Up Attention-Getting Boxes – A Bright Idea!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! An attention-getting idea popped into my mind the other day when I stopped for coffee at a neighborhood restaurant. In one corner stood an attractive bookshelf loaded with paperbacks…
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Magical Teaching Tools Work Like a Charm
Grab a big black hat and get ready to charm students and catch their attention… Mid-Week Focus this week features quick and easy teaching tools and tricks that include an element of magic! (No special training needed.) In the United…
Tagged with: "Magical" teaching tools and tricks, 3 - 5, Bulletin Board Ideas for K-5 Teachers, entertaining children to help them learn, Fall, K - 2, math activities for K - 5 classes, Mid-Week Focus, motivating children to read, multi-disciplinary, National Magic Week, Spring, Summer, The Magic Pencil by The Lovable Poet, using magic to teach K - 5 kids, using the concept of cooking to teach multiple subjects, Winter
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The Attentionology Traveler Finds a Special Smile
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s been on the road again… …found a special smile at work. It’s a smile that stretches across the loving face of Velma Davis, a Teacher Assistant in Special Programs, shown in my blog pic below. Velma…
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A Show of Hands
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! In my corner of the world Daylight Savings Time has just begun, marking the near start of spring. I love the resulting longer hours of sun in the afternoon…
Tagged with: Art activities for K - 5 kids, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, building foundations, Bulletin Board Ideas for K-5 Teachers, Daylight Savings Time, Good works with strong hands, Guided movement to help kids focus, handmade works, hands as amazing tools, multi-disciplinary, planting gardens, seasonal, Trees of Seasons Bulletin Board
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EXTRA Attention-Getters
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Do your students sometimes race through their work like mine TRY to do? I wrote the word TRY because I make a point to explain to kids in my…
Tagged with: activities to promote research, Bulletin Board Ideas for K-5 Teachers, commanding extra attention, competing in a global market, E is for EXTRA EFFORT, encouraging extra student effort, managing under pressure in school, multi-disciplinary, teaching kids to elaborate in writing, Universal Children's Day, using classroom rewards
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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.
