Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Is there anything more attention-getting than an invitation to a birthday party? Maybe, but when you surprise your class with a party for the winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia,…
Surprise Students with an Olympic Birthday Party!
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Hook Kids Individually with Pics!
Mid-Week Focus this week features pictures, pictures and more pictures…pictures as teaching tools, …different pictures for different students, …inexpensive or free pictures that you find anywhere, …copies of new pictures from your own collection or other print media, like magazines…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, effective hooks into K-5 lessons, effective writing prompts, encouraging creative thinking, encouraging critical thinking, Fall, helping kids connect with nature, individual education plans, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, pictures as teaching tools, Spring, Summer, surprises as school-day starters, teaching environmental stewardship, tools to tackle difficult subjects with children, traveling the world via pictures, Winter
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Delicious Hooks into Lessons
Mid-Week Focus this week features FOOD as a hook into K – 5 lessons. Hungry for more tools and tricks to catch and keep K – 5 students’ attention as you lead the class into learning time? Here’s a menu…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, analogies between good cooking and good work in school, creating poetry cafes, effective hooks into K-5 lessons, Fall, how comfort food connections help struggling students, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, poems by The Lovable Poet, recipes for teaching elementary school students, Spring, Summer, using food to get kids' attention, Winter
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Increase Attention by Decreasing Distractions!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! The Distraction-Quotient continues to rise in many parts of the world as January, 2014 reaches mid-point. Article after article in a wide array of sources point to the increasing…
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Light the Fire of Creativity in Kids!
This week’s Mid-Week Focus features Creativity… Q. How do we define it? A. Simply stated, creativity is the ability to be inventive and imaginative. Q. How can we light the fire of creativity in kids? A. One answer is by asking…
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Power Up Curiosity in a New Year
Curiosity is a powerful teaching tool. One of the best ways to encourage curiosity in children is to model this important characteristic. There’s no better time to power up curiosity than at the start of a new year. Beth Schetter works with fourth/fifth…
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Self-Assess at New Year’s Start
Mid-Week Focus this week falls on New Year’s Day…a great time to celebrate new beginnings. Advice for making and managing new year resolutions are easy to find. I hope this post offers an attention-getting, easy-to-use and helpful tool at the…
Say Good-bye! Say Hello!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! It’s about time… …time to wave good-bye to 2013 and greet 2014 with open arms. For those who begin a new year when the calendar turns to January, as it…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Activities to de-clutter in school and home, activities to start the new year, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, cowboy-themed poem for young children, helping K-5 students learn to pay attention, helping students learn to be responsible, K - 2, multi-disciplinary, origin of new year traditions, teaching kids organizational skills, using drama to help kids learn, Winter
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Catch Kids’ Attention with Nature’s Power
This week’s Mid-Week Focus features the power of nature to catch kids’ attention. No matter what season of the year, many students always agree that the beach is a wonderful place to be. Simulate the Sea – Even if you…
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Extending the Reach of Universal Children’s Day
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology of K – 5 Teachers! Universal Children’s Day was celebrated this past Saturday. It’s origin and purpose are described in the following information from The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). Every time…
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