Listening Games

In the A to Z Science series for toddlers and preschoolers, L is for Listening Skills. Since developing listening skills is such an important task, I wanted to gather more ways for us to practice listening through play. Check out these listening games from around the web.

Start with our L is for Listening Skills post. These 3 games help kids practice making observations with their ears: a listening box, sound eggs, and a listening game that gets kids moving.

Head Outside to Practice Listening Skills

Try our Outdoor Sound Hunt Inspired by Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Can you find the noises in the book? What other sounds might you hear outside?

Go on a Listening Walk with a visual checklist. {Teach Preschool}

Play the Listening Game with Go Explore Nature. It’s a great game for sitting back and observing the sounds outside.

Following Directions Games

Do 3 Things Listening Game – practice following directions and sneak in a little clean up.

Be the teach in Teacher Says! A Following Directions and Listening Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons.

This listening activity with blocks from hands on : as we grow is brilliantly disguised as pure play.

Try this drawing game from NurtureStore that practices listening skills and giving directions.

Use the rain game to teach listening skills. {Moments a Day}

Following Directions Grid Game {Kids Activities Blog}

Play a listening game that involves Lego building. {Stories and Children}

Who’s Got What? An Action Listening Game from English Teachers Everywhere. This site explains how to play the game and has recorded instructions for you to play. Pass the objects around according to the instructions. Play the game in groups of four or even by yourself.

More Great Listening Games

Where Am I? is a fun listening game that works your sense of hearing and memory. {String Keys and Melodies for Dandelion Magazine}

This animal antics listening game from The Fairy and the Frog is sure to have kids mooing as the game goes on.

Follow the Cuckoo is another fun way to practice listening skills from String Keys and Melodies for Dandelion Magazine. This game uses musical pieces and requires movement from the child.

Make listening tubes to help focus on the sounds around you. {Preschool Daze}

Do you have any listening games to share?

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