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