Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Today’s world is full of trending icons, images and information teachers can adapt for educational purposes – tools and tricks for classroom management and use as hooks into lessons. Here’s a…
Track Cat is Trending!
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Comfort Cookin’ and Color-Related Writing to Manage Moods
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Stop, look and listen…listen with an extra-attentive ear to your students when school starts tomorrow. Do they seem moody? If the answer’s yes, maybe you need to help them cook up…
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Wands, Words, Circle Time to Prepare Children for Learning
Looking for quick and easy ways to help children settle down at the start of a school day? Mid-Week Focus this week features more tried and true attention-getting tools and tricks – my own ideas and strategies that other teachers…
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Magical Teaching Tools Work Like a Charm
Grab a big black hat and get ready to charm students and catch their attention… Mid-Week Focus this week features quick and easy teaching tools and tricks that include an element of magic! (No special training needed.) In the United…
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Dog-gone Good Motivators for Young Kids to Read!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Big Animal Books & Soft Stuffed Animals Motivate Kids to Read – Looking for attention-grabbing dog-gone good motivators to encourage children in your K – 2 class to read more?…
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It’s a Puzzle! – Helping Struggling Writers
Mid-Week Focus this week features a visually based approach to helping elementary school students who struggle with language arts. You know who they are in your class. The teachers I met with yesterday to plan my upcoming week as a writer…
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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.
