A Very Special Education

I found some fun attention grabbers online that would work great in just about any classroom (I’m sure all you high school teachers would get mostly eye rolls though). The first ten are all that I found, and I’ve added some that I use at the end of the list. Enjoy!

1. Teacher: Ba da ba ba ba (McDonald’s Theme)

Students: I’m lovin’ it!

2. Teacher: Na na na na, na na na na

Students: Hey, hey, hey, goodbye

3. Teacher: Chicka, chicka

Students: Boom! Boom!

4. Teacher: Hocus Pocus

Students: Everybody focus!

5. Teacher: Macaroni and cheese

Students: Everybody freeze!

6. Teacher: Ready to rock?

Students: Ready to roll!

7. Teacher: All set?

Students: You bet!

8. Teacher Holy moly!

Students: Guacamole!

9. Teacher: Tootsie Roll, Lollipop

Students: We’ve been talking, now let’s stop

10. Teacher: Hands on top

Students: That means stop (put hands on their heads)

11. Teacher: Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap

Students: clap, clap (The “classic” knock)

12. Teacher: 1, 2, 3 Eyes on me!

Students: 1, 2 Eyes on you!

13. Teacher: Hands on your knees

Students: Quiet and freeze! (put hands on their knees)

14. Teacher: Stand up! Get the wiggles out! (Students stand and wiggle/dance around seat)

Students: (after wiggling for a few seconds) Now sit down, without a shout!

I typically use this one when the students are doing individual work to allow them to move around rather than getting very restless later on.

15: Teacher: Kiss your brain! (Students kiss their hands and then touch their heads)

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The Back Side Of The Force of the Day: An Offbeat Bride reader recently shared a rather heartwarming story about an autistic flower girl at a friend’s wedding who overcame her apprehension with a little help from the littlest Jedi.

“T” was understandably anxious about having to perform her flower girl duties in front of so many wedding guests, and expressed it by hiding under her bed.

It was only after her aunt promised her a Yoda backpack that she agreed to come out.

“Her aunt took her to the toy shop,” the reader writes, “and from that moment on Yoda sat on her shoulder and she seemed to feel safe with him there.”

She continues:

When it came time to put on the dress and head to the church T flat refused to go without Yoda on her shoulder. Her mother, the bride, said to her family “If Yoda helps T get to the church and walk down that aisle with all those people watching, then Yoda is coming!”