by Jill Tomey | Jan 25, 2019 | Activity
Telephone Telephone This age-old game can be used to teach attentiveness. Divide the class into two teams. The same phrase is given to the first student on each team. Have each team race to see how fast the phrase can be whispered from student to student. See how...
by Jill Tomey | Jan 25, 2019 | Activity
Memory Memory We’ve all played the memory game with a deck of cards. Several pairs of cards are shuffled together and then laid out upside down in a grid. The students take turns turning over 2 cards to find the matches. They need to pay attention when the other...
by Jill Tomey | Jan 25, 2019 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Attentiveness Word Origin Attentiveness is derived from the Latin, attentus which means to be heedful or observant. It is a word form of attend and in this sense, it is an active verb. Can you see where attentiveness is more than just not...
by Bill Croskey | Jan 25, 2019 | Croskey's Corner
At least since Sleepless in Seattle, and no doubt long before, Americans have taken an interest in that city’s Pike Place Fish Market. Scenes of fish flying (being thrown, actually) through the air, performances with fish as ventriloquist dummies, these and...
by Jill Tomey | Jan 25, 2019 | Activity
Directions Test Attentiveness Quiz – Click to download The following test is another old activity but can be effective if the students haven’t seen it yet. Give this test to the students and see how many of them read all the instructions first. Read everything...
