Surprise your students with activities that take them where they wish they already were. Take them to Vacation Station!
Set up Vacation Stations!
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Try the Flip Trick
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I successfully tested an effective attention-getting trick at a family workshop I recently led on a sunny spring Saturday at the State Museum of Art. The workshop theme was “Inside and Out,”…
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On your mark, get set, GO!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I was talking recently with an associate, Alice Osborn, a talented multi-tasking independent contract writer and teacher who works under the umbrella: Write From the Inside Out. Alice manages…
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Posted in Attentionology for K-5 Teachers
Attention Goes as the Nose Knows!
Why not use the benefits of aromatherapy to catch and keep elementary students’ attention in instructional settings?
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Creative Repetition Gets Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin Press) asserts that thousands of teachers use technologies, including Blogs, to create forums for interactive learning.…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Concept, Fall, K - 2, posters, puzzles, Read/Write Web, Spring, Summer, teacher blogs, teaching tricks, Visual, Winter
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Clever Move to Negate Student Complaints
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Do you know anyone who has trouble saying “No” to children? I do. Call me “old school” but I’ve found myself cringing at the apologetic manner of some teachers and…
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Furry Listeners Boost Student Skills
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers!If you’re a pet lover like I am, please PAWS and reflect on this technique to catch and keep K – 5 students’ attention in and out of the classroom… Pair Student…
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A Clueless Public
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! On the first of April I did a little research into the origin of April Fool’s Day. References to a mid-sixteenth century Flemish poem about fools’ errands and wild goose…
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Winning Teachers Coach Their Classes
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Now that spring has sprung most elementary educators are either enjoying spring vacation from school or counting the days until spring break begins – our attention has turned to…
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Give yourself a hand!
Hi; hope you’ve had a good week and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I’ve been busy announcing my new blog to other teachers and parents and making plans for ways to enhance it. I’ve also been doing…
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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.
