Mid-Week Focus today features “crazy” literary ways to catch and keep kids’ attention and help them build language skills… Ask your class this: “Who wants a cupcake?” When hands fly, announce that the edible ones are coming later, but that…
Serve Up Sweet, Flowery, Fruity Fragrances to Catch Kids’ Attention!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! What’s your favorite fragrance? How about your students? Do they love flowery, fruity, sweet seasonal smells? In many parts of the world, the seasons and fragrances are changing now –…
Tagged with: attention-getting hooks for K-2 lessons, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, Fall, games to help kids learn, games with guessing and mysteries, K - 2, multi-disciplinary, poems by The Lovable Poet, school activities featuring apples, Spring, Summer, The Lollipop Garden poem, using aromatherapy to help kids learn
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International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – UK & US – Part II
Mid-Week Focus is wearing two hats this week…offering Part II of International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – UK & US. Pam Hartley is at center stage. She’s a planner. Pam serves as Vice President of Play Experience at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh, North…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, elementary science education, encouraging innovation, Fall, fostering world awareness, how play helps children learn, improving children's financial literacy, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers, K - 2, Marbles Kids Museum, Mid-Week Focus, Pam Hartley, programs that support the Core Curriculum, Spring, Summer, Winter
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International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – UK & US – Part I
Pam Hartley’s job is child’s play. Seriously. She serves as Vice President of Play Experience at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina (US). Marbles defines its main mission: to inspire imagination, discovery and learning through extraordinary adventures in PLAY. “For…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, benefits of exposure to different cultures, children's museums, Fall, how play helps children learn, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers, K - 2, Marbles Kids Museum, multi-disciplinary, Pam Hartley, programs for academically gifted students, school readiness activities for children, Spring, Summer, Winter
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Repetition on the Technology Radar
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Using repetition to help children master information and skills is nothing new in the world of education. What is new? Increasing numbers of teachers create websites and blogs with information…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, Fall, K - 2, linking news and information, Managing new technologies, motivating students, multi-disciplinary, Spring, Summer, Teacher websites, Teachers blogs, tech-free teaching, using repetition to help K - 5 students learn, ways to involve parents in schools, Winter
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A Pair of Attention-Getting School Day Starters
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature a pair of attention-getting school day starters… …tools and strategies to motivate students to get ready to work… one for children in grades K – 2 one for students in…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, encouraging children to eat healthy lunches, Fall, games that help children learn, K - 2, K - 5 Students' Pledge, Mid-Week Focus, Motivating students to pay attention, motivating students to work hard in school, Motivational Bulletin Board Designs, multi-disciplinary, research, school day starters, Spring, Summer, Using bulletin boards as teaching tools, Winter
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There’s a New AP for that – A-TTENTION P-LEASE!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature more attention-getting activities to: 1) set a positive tone for a new school term. 2) help your students (and you) get to know each other as members of a class…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, activities to help children get acquainted, butterfly bulletin board, encouraging kids to ask questions, Fall, helping children set goals, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, new apps for K - 5 teachers, Spring, Start the School Year activities, Summer, teaching kids the interview process, The Teaching Channel, Winter
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Close Your Eyes; Open Your Ears; Speak in Turn
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Teachers can work attention-getting, student skill-building magic by putting their voices to work in creative ways. Think about the range of emotions that a voice can express! Voice is heard,…
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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.
