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…
Delicious Hooks into Lessons
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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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Cheer Up Anxious Children
Mid-Week Focus this week features quick and easy ways to cheer up anxious children. Is it just me or have there been a frightening number of major natural disasters in a relatively short period of time around the world? If…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, encouraging critical thinking in grades 3 - 5, Fall, helping children cope with anxieties, helping children deal with natural disasters, K - 2, Literary, Mid-Week Focus, poems about smiles and frowns, poems by The Lovable Poet, Spring, strategies to cheer up children during the holidays, Summer, Winter
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Catchy Halloween-Time Tricks & Bulletin Board Treats
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…
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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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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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.
