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