ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION AND LISTENING AT LEVEL 6

 

Level 6

Developing active listening:

• Adults in the classroom can ‘role play’ how not to listen. One member of staff can read a story while another member of staff demonstrates poor listening behaviours, for example not looking, fidgeting, interrupting, talking to others around them. The children can then identify these behaviours and the class can discuss how to do ‘good listening’ together and agree on listening rules for the class. This can be made into a visual poster.
• Encourage children to ask for repetition or clarification and to let an adult know if they haven’t understood.
• Create an environment where the children are encouraged to ask questions if they are unsure, have a go or a have a sensible guess.

 

TOP TIPS:

• Create a visual ‘good listening’ poster for the children to refer to.
• Give the children a small double sided card- one side red, one side green. If a child understands the task they place the card green side up on the desk. If a child doesn’t understand they place the card red side up. This will indicate to the teacher which children need some extra support.