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