Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! This week let’s shine a light on a problem that doesn’t seem to go away…bullying in school. Despite a wide range of efforts by administrators and teachers, parents in…
Schedule Photo Circle Day – Attention on Sharing
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s an idea for January – schedule a day for your class to enjoy Photo Circle Day. Ask students ahead of Photo Circle Day to bring in eye-catching pictures of their…
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Big Shot Opportunity Bags for Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Let’s face it…some kids view school as a must-do chore and some see it as a place of opportunity, an engaging center of learning and fun. Whether or not a…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Fall, fostering positive attitudes toward school, K - 2, Making Opportunity Bags for kids, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, symbols of sustaining attention in school, teaching skills to help kids pay attention, using gift boxes and party bags as teaching tools
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Create an Air of Excitement in Class! – The Attentionology Tipster
Mid-Week Focus this week features more quick tips from The Attentionology Tipster… Create an Air of Excitement in Class! – Teaching day after day can “take the wind out of a teacher’s sail.” How can we sustain the energy to…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attention-getting tricks for K-5 kids, creating positive starts to school days, effective student rewards, Fall, how to create excitement about school, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, puppets as teaching tools, Spring, Summer, The Attentionology Tipster, using the power of imagination to help kids learn, Winter
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Lead a Pet Parade in Class! – The Attentionology Tipster
Mid-Week Focus this week features another quick tip from The Attentionology Tipster… Lead a Pet Parade in Class! Delight young children with the opportunity to parade around the classroom showing off a photo of their pet or favorite animal. Parades…
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More Bags Beg for Attention!
Mid-Week Focus this week features more creative ways that teachers can use bags as BIG attention-getting tools. Colorful, interesting, fun and funny bags beg for attention. Bags, plain and fancy, can become focal points for learning activities. Use bags as…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attention-getters, creating opportunities for children, creative ways to use bags as teaching tools, dealing with distracted kids, Fall, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, Spring, story starters for student writers, Summer, teaching sustained concentration, Trends in education, using humor to help kids learn, Winter, writing prompts for elementary students
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What’s Trending? Mindfulness in Elementary Schools to Help Kids Sustain Concentration
Mid-Week Focus this week features mindfulness, a trending tool to help children sustain concentration in school. Benefits of mindfulness? Huge. Reports are that students who learn to practice mindfulness gain the ability to pay closer attention, calm themselves, and stay focused…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, benefits of mind-wandering, Bulletin Board designs for K - 5 teachers, creative ways to use school space, Fall, K - 2, managing information overload, Mid-Week Focus, Mindfulness exercises to help kids stay focused in school, multi-disciplinary, Spring, Summer, trending tools in K - 5 education, What's trending?, Winter, writing activities to help kids express feelings
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Puppets Make Perfect Teacher Assistants!
Mid-Week Focus this week takes Attentionology readers to the wonderful world of puppets. Puppets make perfect teacher assistants! Here’ s the most important tip that teachers need to know about using puppets as teaching assistants… …It’s easy to do! Small…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Fall, hand puppets for teaching, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, puppetry in K-5 classrooms, puppets help children build self-esteem, puppets help children with special needs, Puppets make perfect teacher assistants, Spring, Summer, theater tricks with puppets, why puppets catch kids' attention, 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.
