Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I was inspired to write this week’s blog by a teacher that swears by the power of color to help students with attention-deficit disorder achieve success in writing. Her…
Attention-Getting Power of Color
Tagged with: attention deficit disorders, K-5 teachers, multi-sensory learning, power of color, teaching tricks, 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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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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Go Fish for Focus Fish!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Every year Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) or Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) in schools across the United States (and likely in other parts of the world – a subject I…
Tagged with: K - 2 Teachers, multi-sensory learning, power of make-believe, PTA/PTO Fundraisers, teaching tricks, Visuals
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Bouncing Balls
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! If you’ve been following the World Cup Games in South Africa recently you know the passion that people around the world have for a simple round ball. Spheres made…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Fall, K - 2, K-5 teachers, Movement, multi-sensory learning, sports, Spring, Summer, teaching tricks, Winter, World Cup Games
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On your mark, get set, GO!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I was talking recently with an associate, Alice Osborn, a talented multi-tasking independent contract writer and teacher who works under the umbrella: Write From the Inside Out. Alice manages…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Fall, K-5 teachers, Literary, multi-sensory learning, simple teaching tools, Spring, Summer, teaching tricks, 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.
