Good listening and direction-following skills are important to a child’s success in the classroom, especially in terms of verbal directions. In today’s society, we are receiving more and more information through electronic or written directions and students may not have as much practice listening to verbal directions.
All students in grades 1-5 practiced sharpening their listening skills by participating in fun activities. Children responded to oral directions by drawing something described by the GTE teacher. Directions to the games were read aloud and students had to work hard to listen carefully because they weren’t allowed to ask questions! The result? Better listening skills! These were highly motivational challenges that students loved to do. Students improved their listening skills—and students hardly knew they were being put to a rigorous task!
All students in grades 1-5 practiced sharpening their listening skills by participating in fun activities. Children responded to oral directions by drawing something described by the GTE teacher. Directions to the games were read aloud and students had to work hard to listen carefully because they weren’t allowed to ask questions! The result? Better listening skills! These were highly motivational challenges that students loved to do. Students improved their listening skills—and students hardly knew they were being put to a rigorous task!