Listen Up! We're Listening!

We're in the middle of an epidemic, teacher friends. Yep...An Ignoring Epidemic. It's bad. Really, really bad... ...Wait...We're sorry...What did you say? We weren't really listening to a word we were just saying...

We just couldn't sit back any longer. We couldn't listen (yes, really listen) to one more Mommy or Teacher friend say, "It's just our society now." or "It's just kids nowadays." Nope. Sorry. We are teachers and our job is to teach. If they need to learn how to listen, we need to step up and help.

Listen Up! Auditory Activities for Little Listeners is our attempt at helping. But, truth be told...It also cuts to the core...

By purposefully practicing listening skills in a direct, consistent and predictable way, they are learning quickly that they'd better listen the FIRST time or they may be left behind...

We tell them daily this is not just a first grade lesson.
They chime in...
"It's a life lesson."
As if they've heard that tune before...
We've got them brainwashed listening...

We're keeping our Listen Up activities in their own binder right on our teacher desk. We adore the colorful cover, but we also made an ink friendly cover that you can copy onto your most favorite colored paper.

We keep all of the components in plastic page protectors inside our Listen Up Binder. This makes copying really easy.
We tested it...The other day...At recess.
They were being terrible listeners, so we "Listen Up pop quizzed" them when they returned.
Listen Up!
We are not messing around...

We even left one for our sub to do first thing the other day. We just copied the Teacher Talk card onto colored paper and enough worksheets for the class and walked away. Done!
But, probably the best thing that has come of our new, Listen Up! Auditory Activities for Little Listeners so far is the feedback we're getting from you. Thank you!

We are so excited you are excited, and we are so excited you see what we see. It's bad. Really, really bad...Right?

We have a Fun Little Tip that's worked great with our class: After giving your last direction, call on a student to give a direction of their own to the entire class. This gets them listening to one another. Did you hear that!? We've also had them work pairs to give buddy directions.

Want to see what all the buzz is about? Here's your chance... We've created one Listen Up! activity for you to try...FREE! School Days is our Try Before You Buy... Click {here} to grab yourself a copy. All you have to do is download our Listen Up! Auditory Activities for Little Listeners PREVIEW from our TpT shop. Click Print, and give it a try!

For those of you who have purchased already, we have a surprise for you too! We've added Accountability Slips and Recording Tools for those of you who are using Listen Up as an assessment tool.

From time to time, we want to assess how our students' listening skills are coming along. We also want to see how they feel about their own listening skills. So, we created these Accountability Slips to give our class an opportunity to rate their own listening before we score their activity.

We've added the Accountability Slips and Recording Tools to our Listen Up unit, so if you've purchased please head over to update your download and enjoy a few more listening perks!
Oh, one more thing...
Still listening?
Per your requests... We will also be making MORE soon!
We sure hope you were listening...