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