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Look at This!

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s an engaging command to catch K – 3 kids’ attention… “Look at this!” All eyes will follow your lead, not just because of your command, but because of the…

Make Teaching Magic with Magnifyers

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Are you familiar with the English expression, “Sometimes big things come in little packages?” I’m thinking that may be true for gifts of jewelry, but for teachers giving the…

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Magnifying Attention Skills

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Barbara Cleary

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I just read some disturbing news about an elementary school in Dallas, Texas that achieved “exemplary” status with math and reading scores by teaching only math and reading to…