Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Grab a magician’s black hat, a wand and a (stuffed toy or puppet) white rabbit to kick off your very own magic show in class. Today marks the beginning…
International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – Russia
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! News to report since my post last week…my Attention-ology blog is now on Twitter @attentionology. Hope you’ll tweet along with me about tools and tricks to catch and keep kids’ attention…
Re-focus Attention with Loneliness Busters!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! When you welcome students back at the beginning of a new school year, after a vacation, or following an extended time away from class due to any reason, including…
Tagged with: attention-getting surprises for children, creative communications, focused writing about feelings, helping students deal with loneliness, Literary, poetry in elementary education, re-directing students for success in school, simple teaching tools, teaching tricks
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All Aboard for a New School Year!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Elementary school teachers in many parts of the world are busy preparing their classrooms for the opening of the 2011 – 2012 school year. Despite budget restrictions, educators are…
Tagged with: Art instruction, classroom management with budget restrictions, drama, K-5 teachers, Katherine Hepburn's wisdom, learning through virtual train travel, Math, new school year preparation, reading, teaching tricks, theater techniques for teaching, Writing
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Bring a Dog to School!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! The start time of every new school year varies from community to community, but effective welcome-back attention-getting tools and tricks work pretty much year-round. In fact, as the school…
Teach with Puppets – Crafty Crowd-Pleasers!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Look at the little bear learning to read and speak Spanish in my blog pic here and see if you agree with me that a puppet can be a…
Betcha! – An Attention-Getting Trick
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! If the end of June means the beginning of a long summer break from school for you, let’s face it, FREEDOM is the glory word, fleeting though it may…
Catch Attention with a Garden of Creativity
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s a quick way to catch and keep your students’ attention…ask them a question that poses an artistic array of answers about posies! The question…When is a garden outside…
Tagged with: arts integration in K - 5 curriculum, dance, drama, gardens of creativity, multi-disciplinary, music, poetry, story writing, teaching tricks
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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.
