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