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