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…
Cracking the “Secret of Life”
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, life lessons, multi-disciplinary, pre-writing tools, Reynolds Price, teaching tricks
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Teachers’ Attention Tricks
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.…
Tagged with: attention techniques, instructional games, K-5 teachers, multi-disciplinary, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks
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It’s Attention Time!
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!
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…
Tagged with: circular activities, happiness-makers, K-5 teachers, multi-disciplinary, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks
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De-clutter to Create Attention Skills
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…
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, multi-disciplinary, organization skills, resolutions to pay attention, teaching tricks
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Create an Opportunity Bag for Attention
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…
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, positive reinforcement, simple teaching tools, symbols of attention skills, Visuals
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Pass Me the Pineapple Please!
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…
Tagged with: K-5 teachers, multi-sensory learning, teaching tricks, Visuals, welcome symbols
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Visualize, Please, Where In The World Are We?
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I have a funny travel-related story about one of my third grade students in a school where I recently taught. For background, I should mention that I structure a week-long residency…
Tagged with: drama, K-5 teachers, power of make-believe, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks, visualization techniques
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An Eagle Eye On Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! A recent article by Matt Richtel published in the New York Times offers more evidence that children are becoming less and less able to stay focused in our digital age. You…
Tagged with: attention deficit disorders, drama, K-5 teachers, simple teaching tools, The New York Times, using imagination
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Cornucopia of Attention-Getters
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! My research and new creative work are paying off…I’ve collected and designed a cornucopia full of more great ideas that can help you catch and keep elementary students’ attention. How about an actual cornucopia as…
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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.
