Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature fun, easy, attention-getting activities that bring the outdoors indoors and SPARK KIDS’ LOVE OF NATURE! An unknown author once wrote, “A nature lover is a person who, when treed by…
Pull Kids In with Poetry!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Kids get pulled into poetry in a heartbeat when I dramatize a silly Limerick from Ireland as I open up a “Poetry Cafe” in class on “You Choose Writing…
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Keep Cards Coming!
Put a new Attentionology Power Play to work for you… …KEEP CARDS COMING to people you want to positively affect in educational settings and other workplaces. Every year a few days before my birthday, I get a decorative greeting card…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Attentionology Power Play, bookmarks for children, expressing care through cards, Fall, greeting cards, handmade greeting cards, heartfelt greetings, K - 2, sending cards for multiple occasions, Spring, stickers for kids, Summer, Teacher Appreciation Day, Winter
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Posted in Attentionology Power Play
The Attentionology Traveler on Site Tour
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s on the road again… …skipping along to the music of clicking and tapping – – the click, click of a mouse moving through cyberspace – the tap, tap, tap of keystrokes touring across a magical online world.…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, encouraging feedback, evaluation blogs, evaluation strategies, Fall, free K - 5 teacher resources, K - 2, market research in education, multi-disciplinary, popular education blogs, Spring, Summer, teachers as chefs, The Attentionology Traveler, virtual travel in cyberspace, Winter
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Activities with Eye-Catching Books
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to open a page on the fun and function of ACTIVITIES with EYE-CATCHING BOOKS! Ask kids which is more eye-catching…something BIG or something small and most will answer BIG! Maybe BIG isn’t always…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, activities with eye-catching books, attention-getting tricks with spelling, big books for children, Bookmarks in education, creating story choruses, dramatizing read-aloud time, encouraging literacy, eye-catching books, Fall, interactive reading, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, Piggy Toes Press, Spring, Summer, touch-me books for children, Using pop-up books to teach, Winter
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Put a Mask on Creative Learning!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! When was the last time you wore a mask? Ever put a mask on learning? Masks are age-old and universal tools for transforming children and adults into characters they…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, ancient traditions with masks, animal masks, Attentionology for K - 5 Teachers, behavior management strategies, Fall, famous hero masks, helping special needs children, K - 2, K-5 curriculum correlation, masks as mood indicators, masks as reflections of cultures, masks as teaching tools for children with autism, masks as writing prompts, Masks for creative learning, masks for teaching math, masks from around the world, Math Tree, multi-disciplinary, seasonal and celebratory masks, Spring, Summer, teaching children shapes, Winter
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The Attentionology Traveler Finds a Special Smile
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler’s been on the road again… …found a special smile at work. It’s a smile that stretches across the loving face of Velma Davis, a Teacher Assistant in Special Programs, shown in my blog pic below. Velma…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, Bulletin Board Ideas for K-5 Teachers, classroom control, curriculum know-how, Fall, Helping kids with care, International Languages, K - 2, Literary, Poem about Smiling, Power of Smiling, Profile of a Teacher Assistant in Special Programs, SMILES Bulletin Board, Spring, Summer, The Attentionology Traveler, Winter
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Attracting Attention with Alliteration
Hats off to teachers…It’s time for Mid-Week Focus to explore the fun and function of ATTRACTING ATTENTION with ALLITERATION! It’s a sound idea. Words written or read aloud in sequence with the same beginning sound catch kids’ ears. What’s your favorite…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, attracting attention with alliteration, Fall, games that help children learn, imaginary travel for K - 5 kids, K - 2, K-5 curriculum correlation, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, phrases that use alliteration, promoting literacy, science study of habitats, science study of shells, silly antics that kids love, Spring, Summer, sustaining patience in teaching, teaching math with paper money, Using dogs to help kids focus, Winter
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Attentionology Power Play – Launch or Update Your Website – PLUS NEWS
It’s Barbara here, The Lovable Poet, a “wordsmith” ready to help you… What’s your goal? Trying to “sell” kids on staying focused and on task in class? Working to advance your career? Strategizing to boost sales of a product or…
The Magic Hat – Mid-Week Focus – Conquering Worries
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus! Mid-Week Focus is all about quick and easy ways to approach teaching to keep kids on task in any instructional setting. Let’s share insight and practical ideas. Let’s blend fun with function,…
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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.
