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