Hi and welcome back to Attentionology of K – 5 Teachers! Dr. Seuss, beloved author in many parts of the world, wrote a telling poem in “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” The poem empowers children with these lines: “Congratulations! Today…
Help Steer Kids Towards Adopting Healthy Habits
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Worry Got Ya Down? Meet Dennis B and Other Helpful Attention-Getting Tools
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Worry got ya down? There’s a question on a lot of minds, one that relates to children as well as adults. Ask your class one morning when the day is just…
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Pay Attention to…YOURSELF…with Sensory Bridges
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Teaching is a labor of love. You can see the passion in the faces of teachers around the world. But, teaching can be exhausting! As a new school year gets…
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Journeying to Discover New and Wonderful Teaching Resources
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Do you agree with me that like life itself, teaching is a journey, not a destination? One of the joys of an educator’s journey is the discovery along the…
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Light Up A Love of Learning with Awesome Animals!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Two recent news stories inspired me to revisit the amazing ability of animals to catch kids’ attention and motivate them to learn… …learn about themselves and the world around…
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Reading As Listening – Encourage Kids to Use Ears with Eyes Reading
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Something about the death last week of Maya Angelou (details about Maya below) got me thinking about a new way to help children embrace reading… How? Present reading as…
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A Call to Action in K-5 Education
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! The Attentionology Tipster continues to monitor the debate about managing distracted children in elementary schools. Some educators lament about this concern…if children in grades K – 5 today have trouble…
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Create an Air of Excitement in Class! – The Attentionology Tipster
Mid-Week Focus this week features more quick tips from The Attentionology Tipster… Create an Air of Excitement in Class! – Teaching day after day can “take the wind out of a teacher’s sail.” How can we sustain the energy to…
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The Cat’s Meow In Your Classroom – The Attentionology Tipster
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! The Attentionology Tipster, a month-long series this May, offers a quick tip today that’s a trick… The Cat’s Meow in Your Classroom. This trick is perfect for catching the attention of…
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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.
