Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! If you’ve been shaking your head over the weather of late and have kids to supervise in school or out, grab your umbrella, sprinkle some seasonal fun with your…
Spin the Weather! Games & Sports – FAB 15 A-GEs for Teachers
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Year-round Opportunity Bags Help Kids Learn Focus Skills
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to introduce a terrific tool to help kids do just that…focus! Let’s face it…many elementary school students (and teachers) who have just concluded a term are ready to focus on nothing but…
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School Break Loneliness Busters
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! When you send students off for vacation at the end of a school term or welcome them at the beginning of camp or a new adventure, you have a special opportunity…
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Improve Tech Skills – Part 2 – Getting Good News Out Online
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid – Week Focus to review expert tips on sharing news online. Vacation time is here for many of us. Consider setting aside a little time to improve your tech skills while you’re classroom-free. Tech skills…
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Improve Your Tech Skills – Part 1 – Blogging Better
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! School breaks offer teachers more than much-needed time to refresh and recharge. Time out of the classroom gives teachers a window of opportunity to build skills related to professional and…
Tagged with: 21st century skills, 3 - 5, Alice Osborn, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, building an online audience, core curriculum, creating compelling content for blogs, Fall, K - 2, Literary, Spring, Summer, teaching tools and strategies not technology-dependent, tips for bloggers, Winter, writing from the heart
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Talking Trees – The Wonder of Personification – A FAB 15 A-GE!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to uncover the magic of personification. Personification is a mouthful of a word, and its potential as a teaching tool speaks volumes for teachers who are willing to “think and act outside the…
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Puppetry – A FAB A-GE and Tool for Teaching!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature another of the FAB 15 A-GEs – attention-getting elements that teachers can get their hands on to motivate and instruct students… …A-GE #14 – Puppetry & Personification The curtain will…
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Put the FAB 15 A-GEs to Work for You!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology of K – 5 Teachers! Let’s pick up the focus on the FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-getting elements – that can benefit teachers every single school day. To date, Attentionology has explored ten 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.
