I think it helps to have two animals that are pretty diverse in their movements (such as they slovenly sloths, and those super-rapido cheetahs.) Ii) Mice and giraffes (crawling low versus stretching tall) I) Snakes and kangaroos (slithering and hopping) If things are going well, you could extend it to different animal movements. It’s as simple as that – keep going swapping about every twenty seconds or so. Move around for a while, before you call out ‘change.’ They swap roles – the monkeys becoming the elephants and vice versa. You know the drill – long trunks and big ears for elephants, and general ‘monkey arms’ and beating their chests for the monkeys. This is just to signify which team they are in (and will be a lifesaver if they all get confused).īasically, the children in the bibs are going to move like elephants around a designated space, and the other half are going to move like monkeys. It may be a good idea for the children in one team to have some kind of bib or band of some sort that they put on. This first listening game is an excellent physical activity that can be done either with a small group, or with a larger class.įirst, split the children into two in some kind of way. You can do all of them with a group, a whole class, and lots will work with just one or two children if you are a parent. Remember the golden rules – get children moving and excited, and their listening skills will radically improve.Īll of the following games will work brilliantly for children aged from about 3 to 6. I have taught children between the ages of 3 to 5 over the last ten years, and definitely my favourite active listening games (that I’ll expand on in this article) are the following: They need to be actively engaged, moving, and engrossed in something interesting.Īll these factors will increase their listening abilities by an exponential amount.Įver think that children have selective hearing? Or that they never hear if they’re not interested? Guess what – that’s exactly right.īut what are some of the best games active listening games? Most children don’t learn to listen by sitting still.

Active listening exercises for singers