Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’ve got a new attention-getting trick in the making for you this week that can be a lot of fun for teachers as well as for elementary school students: Catch your class’ attention by bringing nature…
Attention with a Natural Touch
Tagged with: flower power, K-5 teachers, observation skills, teaching tricks, Visuals
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Learning Sustained Concentration – A Challenge!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I had an opportunity to hear Dr. Tony Wagner speak recently about “The Global Achievement Gap” in education. Tony, as he insisted he be called, is Co-Director of the…
Tagged with: critical thinking skills, gaps in global achievement, K-5 teachers, teaching tricks
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Introduce the “Big E” to get the “Big A”
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! See if this sounds familiar – a classroom full of students stretched, no, slouched across the tops of their desks when you’re getting ready to begin a lesson. Slouched…
Tagged with: drama, exercise to warm up, K-5 teachers, multi-sensory learning, teaching tricks
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Be a Model of Attention-ology
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Stop at your door the next time you enter your classroom and look around the whole instructional space. What catches your eye first? What’s the focus of the teaching zone(s)?…
Tonal Attention Tool – A Tambourine
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I remember visiting a class of fourth grade students a few years ago and noting how well the teacher commanded her class’ attention with her guitar. We had about five…
Tagged with: history of the tambourine, K-5 teachers, music, music in education, simple teaching tools
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Help Students Mind Their Brains
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Dr. Seuss, beloved author in many parts of the world, wrote a telling poem in “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” The poem empowers children with these lines: “Congratulations! Today…
I Spy a Good Listener!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! You may have heard the old Chinese proverb that roughly translates in English to, “We hear and we forget; we see and we remember; we do and we understand.” I’m…
Tagged with: critical thinking skills, Fall, K - 2, K-5 teachers, simple teaching tools, Spring, Summer, teaching tricks, Visual, Winter
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Attention Crisis for Young and Old
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s a frightening thought…if children in grades K – 5 today have trouble paying attention in elementary school now, imagine the challenges they will face as they age into…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, AARP publications, attention crisis, attention deficit disorders, Concept, Fall, K - 2, K-5 teachers, Spring, Summer, 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.
