Hi! The Attentionology Traveler spent some time recently with a teacher who has a novel idea for teaching an old writing art… …cursive handwriting. See if this relates to any current curriculum evaluation underway in your school… …Some states in…
The Attentionology Traveler Finds a New Idea for an Old Writing Art
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Swap-ortunities for Learning
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler has discovered another concept that teachers can apply in classrooms around the world… …Set up SWAP-ORTUNITIES for students! What’s a SWAP-ORTUNITY? It’s an OPPORTUNITY to make exchanges, patterned after retail campaigns that encourage shoppers to bring in…
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The Attentionology Traveler on Site Tour
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s on the road again… …skipping along to the music of clicking and tapping – – the click, click of a mouse moving through cyberspace – the tap, tap, tap of keystrokes touring across a magical online world.…
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The Attentionology Traveler Finds a Special Smile
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s been on the road again… …found a special smile at work. It’s a smile that stretches across the loving face of Velma Davis, a Teacher Assistant in Special Programs, shown in my blog pic below. Velma…
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The Attentionology Traveler – Finding Enterprising Kids
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s been on the road again… …found an elementary school that hosts an annual Enterprise Day to help fourth grade students put into practice what they’ve learned in a study unit on basic economics. In an increasingly complex…
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Spotlight on Learning with The Attentionology Traveler
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Here we go; another school/work week’s begun. Is January flying by for you like it is for me? Just since last Monday, The Attentionology Traveler has been trekking again,…
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Tidbits from The Attentionology Traveler
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! What in the world! I’m mixing up the publication of Attentionology features, posting The Attentionology Traveler on a Monday – what’s up? What’s up is that new mixes and…
Tagged with: encouraging positive attitudes in kids, expressing thanks for teachers, joyful holiday traditions, multi-disciplinary, preventing burn-out in education, recognizing Spanish teachers, schedule changes attract attention, Special People poem by The Lovable Poet, Thank You Poems, The Attentionology Traveler, tidbits for teachers, using giant wall decor to catch attention, welcoming children to class
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The Attentionology Traveler
Hi! I reunited with another attention catcher – keeper. See if you could use this tool too… …Show me THE BIG E! (You may need to substitute “E” for the first letter of your alphabet that begins the word energy in…
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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.
