Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to uncover how mind wandering enhances learning at the end of a school term. End-of-year or end-of-term activities can add to attention problems for students, especially kids who act as if they’ve…
Mind Wandering Enhances Learning
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Get Kids Laughing to Learn
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to assess how more of the 15 FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention- Getting Elements can support K – 5 curricula and teachers’ classroom management strategies… …Today’s A-GEs: Interaction and Humor. These elements…
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Turn Your Classroom into Discovery Place!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Daily routines are mandatory for classroom management in any grade, but by the end of the school year or term, routines can become boring, sapping energy out of teachers…
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International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – North Carolina (US)
Hi. I’d like you to meet J. Albert Ervin. Albert is standing in front of a restoration of the original office of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in Raleigh, the state capital. The Attentionology Connection The original office…
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Teacher Benefits from the FAB 15 A-GEs
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Assisting Teachers Ever learn a new word and then find yourself seeing it everywhere? Attentionology is like that, or so I’m told when educators ask what it’s about. “Oh…
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The Attentionology Traveler Finds a New Idea for an Old Writing Art
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler spent some time recently with a teacher who has a novel idea for teaching an old writing art… …cursive handwriting. See if this relates to any current curriculum evaluation underway in your school… …Some states in…
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The FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-Getting Elements for Teachers
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to introduce the first five of what I call The FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-Getting Elements. Attentionology is a science and an art. Attention-getting elements can benefit teachers every single school day by supporting…
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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.
