Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Think about it…better still…catch your students’ attention by asking them to think about it, about this… every season and every holiday has its own special symbols and patterns. Where I…
Catchy Halloween-Time Tricks & Bulletin Board Treats
Tagged with: 3 - 5, activities that promote healthy lifestyles, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, Fall, Halloween activities for kids, Halloween poetry for children, Halloween theme bulletin boards, Halloween-themes for computer time in K - 5 classes, host scavenger hunts to connect children to nature, K - 2, multi-disciplinary, Patterned paper crafts for kids, poems by The Lovable Poet
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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…
Tagged with: "Magical" teaching tools and tricks, 3 - 5, Bulletin Board Ideas for K-5 Teachers, entertaining children to help them learn, Fall, K - 2, math activities for K - 5 classes, Mid-Week Focus, motivating children to read, multi-disciplinary, National Magic Week, Spring, Summer, The Magic Pencil by The Lovable Poet, using magic to teach K - 5 kids, using the concept of cooking to teach multiple subjects, Winter
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Posted in Mid-Week Focus
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?…
Tagged with: Animating stuffed animals to catch attention, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, Fall, K - 2, mastering the Core Curriculum, motivating early readers, motivating pre-readers, multi-disciplinary, popular education blogs, Spring, Summer, the role of class pets in K - 2 classrooms, using animals to help children learn, using dramatic movement in teaching, using personification to get attention, Winter
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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…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, concept of writing like piecing puzzles together, Fall, graphics that help kids learn, helping struggling writers in elementary school, K - 2, Literary, mastering the writing process, Mid-Week Focus, painting pictures with words, Spring, strategies to build children's self-confidence, Summer, Visuals, Winter
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Posted in Mid-Week Focus
Helpful Questions Unasked
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Oh how some helpful questions that unfortunately were unasked, might have helped Evie! I had an eye-opening conversation with a young woman (we’ll call Evie) this past weekend who expressed…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, Avoiding making assumptions about children, Avoiding taking children's behavior for granted, dealing with different learning styles, Fall, Helpful questions K - 5 teachers can ask kids, helping children with autism, K - 2, multi-disciplinary, Spring, Summer, teaching to individual strengths, Temple Grandin, Winter
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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.
