Why Are Listening Skills So Important?
From the beginning, a child is always asked to focus on their speaking skills. While possessing strong speaking skills can help display a person as a confident individual, listening to other people is also a critical aspect of effective communication. Be it making decisions, reaching agreements, selling, influencing, dealing with customer complaints, almost every form of interaction with other people requires one to have strong listening skills. A person’s effectiveness as a speaker depends mostly upon how well they can listen to others. Without listening, no organization can function effectively. People and companies can gather invaluable information that helps them improve. Good listening helps people ask the right questions at the right time. All this leads a person to become a good communicator. The capability to listen also enhances one's capacity to influence, motivate, and serve people effectively. In addition to this, listening helps in the development of personal relationships. It makes the person, on the other end, feel valued and important.
Clyde the Clown
This lesson will help children with listening skills. Say each direction twice. Then children will complete the direction on their Clown paper.
Beginning Sounds
Look at each letter. Say the picture name and listen for the beginning sound. Circle the picture and color it.
First Sounds
Look at each picture and say the name. Circle the first letter if you hear the sound in the beginning. Circle the second letter if you hear the sound at the end.
Start and End
Follow the directions for the pictures below. Listen to the beginning or ending sounds.
Listen Well
Look at each picture. Listen to the beginning and ending sounds. Follow the directions for each picture. Color the pictures.
Letter Sounds
Look at the letter under each picture. Listen to the sound of letter. Write the letter on the first line if the sound is in the beginning of the word. Write the letter on the second line if the sound is at the end of the word.
Beginning Sounds
Look at each letter. Say the picture name and listen for the beginning sound. Circle the picture and color it.
Get Warm
Look at each picture. Look at the letters next to each picture. Say the word and circle the sound that you hear at the beginning of the word.
Ending
Look at each letter. Say the picture name and listen for the ending sound. Circle the picture and color it.
Judy and the Snowman
Color the bucket on the snowman's head silver or white. Make the holly green and the berries red.
Missing Letter
Add a consonant to the following sounds. Listen for the same sound at the end of each group of words.
How Many?
You will learn about shapes on this paper. Listen to your teacher read the directions to you. Follow directions!
Distinct Sounds
The teacher will make three distinct sounds. Repeat the sounds. Then ask the children to draw or write the sounds in the order in which they heard them. Teacher may want to practice this with children first.
Listen Up!
This is an activity for helping children with listening. The teacher will make three animals sounds or have recordings of sounds. The children will draw the animal after each sound is heard. Repeat each animal sound twice.
Explore Sound
This activity will help develop listening skills. Children will explore sounds in the classroom. This will be directed by the teacher. Children will close their eyes, listen to each sound, then draw or write what they hear in each box.
Close Your Eyes
Children will close their eyes, listen to three different sounds, then draw or write what they hear in each box.