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