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