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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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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Make “Make Believe” Work
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! A few years ago I had the good fortune to win a contest for creative ideas in the care of puppies. My win netted my family a year’s worth…
Tagged with: drama, K - 2 Teachers, power of make-believe, simple teaching tools, stuffed animals in school, teaching tricks
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Students Self-Assess Skills
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I remember loving elementary school from the very first day that Ms. Bloom opened the Kindergarten doors of Forest Avenue School and invited us in to a big, bright…
Tagged with: assessments, multi-disciplinary, organization skills, teaching tricks, team teaching
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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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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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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.
