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