Listening Skills

Small Group Mini Lesson

How to be a good listener
Step 1
Hearing
Using your ears,
acknowledging that you are
recognizing sound.
Are your ears on?
Hearing Activity

Can you identify where noise

is coming from with your
eyes closed?
 Directions

● Each staff member will stand on every wall in the room with
3 items in their hand.

● Participants will close their eyes.

● Staff will take turns making a loud noise with one of the
objects.

● Participants will then point to the direction they hear the

noise from.
Step 2
Listening
Using your ears, and brain to
give attention to a sound.
 How to be a Good Listener

01 Focus 02 Quite
Don't be distracted. Don’t talk when
The person talking someone else is
should have you full talking. Wait until
attention. they are done.

03 Respond 04 Be Nice
If you are asked a If you don't listen to
question, make sure others, none is going
you answer it. to listen to you.
Talking Ball
Listening
Activity 1
Can you take turns talking
and listening?
 Directions

● Participants will sit in a circle.

● There will be a list of question on the board.

○ Ex. “What is your favorite…?”

● There will be one talking ball. Only the person holding

the talking ball can talk and answer a question on the
board.

● When they are done answering a question they will pass

it to someone else in the circle.
“Woooo” or “Booo”
Listening
Activity 2
Are you listening to what we
are saying?
 Directions

● Staff will read off a list of statements.

● If it is a good statement you will cheer and say “Whoo”

○ Ex. Staff: “Ice cream for dinner”
Participants: “Whooo”

● If it is a bad statement you will say “Booo”

○ Ex. Staff: “Only broccoli for dinner”
Participants: “Booo”
Listen and Draw
Listening
Activity 3
Can you draw what you hear
from a story?
 Directions

● A staff member will read a story to the participants.

● Make sure all participants have a box of crayons and a piece

of paper.

● Slowly read the story. As you tell the story the particiaptns
will draw what they hear.
○ Ex. “There was a blue bird sitting in a tree.”

● At the end compare all of your drawings.

Whoa!
What did you learn about being
a good listener?
How do you feel when people
listen to you?