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