Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! If you’ve been serving up holiday picnic fare on decorative paper plates, chances are you have leftovers…not just the kind that need refrigeration…leftover paper goods. Transform picnic supplies into attractive attention-getting…
Paper Plates as Teaching Tools? Great!
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What a Zoo!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature another kid-pleaser…the zoo! Don’t have a zoo nearby? No worries. Jump online and you can visit world-famous zoos from Argentina to Zambia. Families that enjoy sports as well as special animals…
Tagged with: 2016 Summer Olympics, 3 - 5, Bulletin Board designs, environmental education, Fall, famous zoos worldwide, gaining and maintaining attention, Halloween celebrations, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, rainy day activities for kids, Spring, Summer, virtual visits to international zoos, Winter
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Spin the Weather! Games & Sports – FAB 15 A-GEs for Teachers
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…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attention-getting elements, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, children's games, creative teaching ideas, Fall, fishing games, games using imagination, K - 2, managing bad weather in children's programs, multi-disciplinary, scavenger hunts, Spring, Summer, using umbrellas as teaching tools, Winter
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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…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, camp activities to help kids focus, Fall, functional and fun teaching tools, K - 2, low-cost teaching tools, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, packing opportunity bags for kids, Spring, Summer, symbolizing important skills, Winter, world news about distracted drivers, year-round education
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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…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attention-getting elements for teachers, creative story writing starters, effective storytelling, Fall, fun and functional tools and tricks for teachers, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, Personification as a teaching tool, Spring, Summer, Winter
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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…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attention-getting elements for teachers, classroom management strategies, enrichment tools for K-5 curricula, Fall, famous puppets worldwide, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, puppets as motivational tools, puppets as teaching tools, Spring, Summer, Teaching as a performing art, why kids love puppets, Winter
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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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Hold Kids’ Attention with Vacation Stations
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to shine some light on end-of-school term activities. Weekdays just ahead of the end of a school term can seem like they last forever, especially for K – 5 teachers and students who are…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Attention-getting activities for kids, creative teaching, Extra activities to support K-5 curricula, Fall, K - 2, K - 5 classroom management, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, Preparing for summer vacation, Seasonal poems by The Lovable Poet, Setting up K-5 classroom centers, Spring, Summer, 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.
