

Read books: Reading books with your child can help develop their listening skills as they listen to the story and follow along. Use visual aids: Visual aids like pictures, charts, and diagrams can help children understand and remember what they are hearing. These games require children to listen carefully and follow directions. Play SEL games and add some hands-on printables. Play listening games: There are many fun games that can help kids develop their listening skills, such as Simon Says, Follow the Leader, and Telephone. This will help them learn to be patient and wait for their turn to speak. Practice turn-taking: Encourage your child to take turns speaking and listening during conversations. Some ways to work on listening skills with kids
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Read on how to build this SEL craft below. They learn complex comprehension skills, important information about themselves and their friends. Play a game of Simon says, nursery rhyme and a good example of a listening game is play scripts for kids.Īnother form of this is pretend play, which teaches kids important life skill. Language skills are built in so many ways. It is important to identify and address poor listening skills early on as they can affect a child’s social, emotional, and academic development. Poor academic performance: Poor listening skills can also lead to poor academic performance as children may miss key information in class, struggle to understand instructions, or have difficulty following the lesson.Lack of empathy: They may not show empathy for others or understand the feelings of others because they are not fully engaged in the conversation.Please stay safe and be well and stop by tomorrow when author Katie Frawley comes by to chat. Please remember that the best way to thank an author for a book that you love is to buy the book, r eview the book (reviews REALLY help), tell friends about the book, ask your local library to purchase copies for their collection.Īnd don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway! Did you ever feel you weren’t being listened to? Please share. For detailed instructions on how to make this craft: Or make a game for the family – during story time or discussion time, everyone wears the listening ears except for the person who is speaking. Make a Pair of Listening Ears: Why not make a pair for each member of the family – and when your child feels he or she isn’t being listened to, they can grab the listening ears and give it to the person they want to talk with.

OH MY GOODNESS…this is a must-have book for schools and homes and libraries! And there is also a version in Spanish! When Estrella’s father has to leave becauseĪnd she wishes people knew the way it affects her.īut a school wrapped around a hundred-year-old oak tree is the perfect place to share and listen.Ī story about deportation, divided families, and the importance of community in the midst of uncertainty.

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