Offer support helps them feel heard Important in relationships Don’t interrupt Important social skill Prevents them from shutting down Important for learning Part of being a friend Important for negotiating Don’t judge Helps someone feel safe Listening to someone in distress Important in an emergency Free! Helps someone feel less alone Allows you to connect with others Helps you decide if you agree Shows respect Important for School and work Why listening matters Helps you understand more How can you show you are listening Helps keep a community strong Be patient - wait to respond Active listening Offer support helps them feel heard Important in relationships Don’t interrupt Important social skill Prevents them from shutting down Important for learning Part of being a friend Important for negotiating Don’t judge Helps someone feel safe Listening to someone in distress Important in an emergency Free! Helps someone feel less alone Allows you to connect with others Helps you decide if you agree Shows respect Important for School and work Why listening matters Helps you understand more How can you show you are listening Helps keep a community strong Be patient - wait to respond Active listening
(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.
G-Offer support
I-helps them feel
heard
O-Important in relationships
G-Don’t interrupt
B-Important social skill
I-Prevents them from shutting down
O-Important for learning
B-Part of being a friend
O-Important for negotiating
G-Don’t judge
I-Helps someone feel safe
I-Listening to someone in distress
O-Important in an
emergency
N-Free!
I-Helps someone feel less alone
N-Allows you to connect with others
N-Helps you decide if you agree
B-Shows respect
O-Important for
School and work
N-Why listening matters
N-Helps you understand more
G-How can you show you are listening
B-Helps keep a community strong
G-Be patient - wait to respond
B-Active listening