Listening Begins at Home

Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Communication - With Children and other Daycare topics.

How do I help improve my child´s listening skills?

Listening Begins at Home

There are a number of ways to teach kids to listen. Make stories interesting to listen to, and discuss them during and after they are read. Play Simon Says and other games that require attentive listening. Play telephone. Make up games finding rhyming words. Teach young children to use the real telephone on calls that are meaningful to them, such as chats with friends and grandparents. Teach older children (age 7 and above) how to take phone messages.

(This tip submitted by Shirley Sullivan, Kid Guru)

   

Comments

Nobody has commented on this tip yet. Be the first.



Name:


URL: (optional)


Comment:


Not finding the advice and tips you need on this Daycare Tip Site? Request a Tip Now!


Guru Spotlight
Jennifer Mathes, Ph.D.