Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Sunny breezy days and kites are made for each other, like kids and the sense of freedom that vacations bring. Most kids love to fly colorful kites with streaming…
Write ‘Em Up! Get Everyone on the Autograph Rhyme Time Team
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! The month of May signals the nearing end of another school term in K – 5 classrooms around the world. Ends of school terms can bring a whirl of…
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Attention-Getting Teaching Tools are in the Bag!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Attention-getting teaching tools are in the bag… literally. Colorful, interesting, fun and funny bags of all kinds beg for attention. Bags, plain and fancy, can become focal points for learning…
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What’s Trending at Anniversary Time
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! From a teacher’s perspective, “some things never change…” “things” like developing and following a curriculum to help children master grade level skills as they maturate through school. That said,…
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Move Over Basketball…Let’s Dribble IDEAS to Score Big in School!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! It may be basketball season in some parts of the world, but teachers have the option in class to suggest this… “Move over basketball…let’s dribble IDEAS to score big in…
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Help Kids Make Steps to Take Steps
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology of K – 5 Teachers! A friend of mine recently sent me a link to a website full of photographs of “the most beautiful steps around the world.” The photos feature fine work by…
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Invite Kids to Create Cups of Promise, Care & Kindness
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Celebrate a New Year – During the past holiday season, an international coffee cafe gave me an idea that offers an opportunity to celebrate a new year with students in a…
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New Year Idea: Let Struggling Students Star on a Classroom Center Stage
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! If you’re looking for a new way to catch and keep kids’ attention AND help struggling students shine like stars in the new year, set up Center Stage in…
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Help Kids Organize to Focus!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Clean Slate Traditions – For those who begin a new year when the calendar turns to January, as it soon will, it’s a good time to create a clean slate. Clean…
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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.
