Allows you to connect with others Free! Important for learning Important social skill Important for negotiating Helps you understand more Important in relationships Helps someone feel safe Be patient - wait to respond How can you show you are listening Offer support Listening to someone in distress Helps you decide if you agree Prevents them from shutting down Don’t judge Helps keep a community strong Why listening matters Helps someone feel less alone Important for School and work helps them feel heard Active listening Important in an emergency Part of being a friend Shows respect Don’t interrupt Allows you to connect with others Free! Important for learning Important social skill Important for negotiating Helps you understand more Important in relationships Helps someone feel safe Be patient - wait to respond How can you show you are listening Offer support Listening to someone in distress Helps you decide if you agree Prevents them from shutting down Don’t judge Helps keep a community strong Why listening matters Helps someone feel less alone Important for School and work helps them feel heard Active listening Important in an emergency Part of being a friend Shows respect Don’t interrupt
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
N-Allows you to connect with others
N-Free!
O-Important for learning
B-Important social skill
O-Important for negotiating
N-Helps you understand more
O-Important in relationships
I-Helps someone feel safe
G-Be patient - wait to respond
G-How can you show you are listening
G-Offer support
I-Listening to someone in distress
N-Helps you decide if you agree
I-Prevents them from shutting down
G-Don’t judge
B-Helps keep a community strong
N-Why listening matters
I-Helps someone feel less alone
O-Important for
School and work
I-helps them feel
heard
B-Active listening
O-Important in an
emergency
B-Part of being a friend
B-Shows respect
G-Don’t interrupt