Introduction Help your students learn how to learn! Lay a strong foundation in listening skills, the ability to follow directions, and in the ability to remember what one sees and hears important skills that students need to be successful both in school and in everyday life. Research has shown that visual and auditory discrimination and memory skills should be taught and that practice is required to improve these skills. The engaging activities found in Listen, Look, and Do! will provide young and special learners with meaningful skill practice. A wide variety of activities are included: Stories and Rhymes Puzzles Pictures to Color Cut-and-Paste Activities Games Sequencing Activities Same and Different Concepts Hidden Pictures What s Wrong Pictures Listening Games Following Directions Large Group Activities Chapter 1 Introduction to Auditory Discrimination and Listening Skills...5 Listen Carefully...5 What Does Not Belong?...5 Jack Jump Up...5 Cats and Mice...5 Listen and Guess...5 Fun with a Tape Recorder... 6 Rhyme Time... 6 Guessing Game... 6 Why We Should Listen...7 Count and Color 1... 8 Count and Color 2... 8 Color Animals... 9 Color Toys... 9 Listen and Do 1... 10 Listen and Do 2... 10 Color the Clown...11 Pretty Birds...12 Jumping Frogs!...12 My Robot...13 Yummy! Yummy!...14 I Am Special!...15 We re Going to the Zoo...16 Contents Let s Go Fly a Kite!...17 Fun on the Farm...18 Schoolroom Fun!...18 Pet Fish...19 I Love Books!...20 Land-Sea-Air...21 Draw and Color 1...22 Draw and Color 2...22 The Pet Store... 23 Animals in the Forest...24 Finish the Playground...25 Insects in the Garden...26 The Library... 27 Keep Listening!...28 Chapter 2 Introduction to Visual Discrimination Skills...29 Mix and Match Shoes...29 What Does Not Belong?...29 Hide and Seek...29 Talk About Details...29 Match the Same...30 Connect the Fish...31 Connect the Turtles...31 Same Foods... 32 KE-804018 Key Education 3 Listen, Look, and Do!
Same Vehicles... 32 Baby Animals... 33 Same Bugs... 33 Three Little Kittens...34 Pig Pen Families...35 Different...36 Things That Fly... 37 Things That Swim... 37 Which Person is Different?...38 Which Dog is Different?...38 Wrong Baby!...39 Which is Wrong?...39 Who s the Same Size?... 40 Largest to Smallest Kids...41 Smallest to Largest Teddy Bears...41 Where Are My Toys?...42 Where Are My Friends?...43 What s Missing? 1... 44 What s Missing? 2... 44 Help the Bugs!...45 Finish the Pictures...45 Count the Dots!... 46 Who is Hiding?...47 Can You See Me?... 48 What is Hiding?...49 What s Wrong at the Beach?...50 What s Wrong at Home?...51 Secret Code...52 A Walk in the Woods...53 At the Castle...54 Fun at the Fair...55 Playing Outside...56 At School... 57 By the Pond...58 Fun in the Snow...59 At the Lake... 60 At the Mall...61 Draw a Pig...62 Draw a Fox...63 Draw a Fish... 64 Draw a Lion...65 Draw a Cow... 66 Chapter 3 Introduction to Auditory Memory Skills...67 Can You Do It?...67 Contents continued... What Did You Hear?...67 Repeat After Me...67 Play Telephone...67 Fill in the Blanks...67 Environmental Sounds...67 Listen and Remember 1... 68 Listen and Remember 2... 68 The Crocodile...69 Hamster Pets...69 Splish and Splash...70 Sunflowers...70 Busy Bugs...71 Leapin Lizards...71 The Three Wishes... 72 Where Do the Toys Belong?...73 Good Morning...74 The Busy Boy!...74 My Dog... 75 A Mouse!... 75 Who is Looking?...76 The Parade...77 Family Portrait...78 The Tree...79 Faces... 80 Chapter 4 Introduction to Visual Memory Skills...81 What Did You See?...81 Picture This...81 Arrange Us...81 The Playroom...82 My Backyard...83 Sailing... 84 In the Garden...85 Australia... 86 Turtle Racing...87 The Candy Shop... 88 Fishing Fun... 89 The Doll House... 90 Clowning Around...91 Filler Up...92 The Jungle...93 The Cookout... 94 The Artist...95 The Arctic... 96 KE-804018 Key Education 4 Listen, Look, and Do!
Why We Should Listen Directions for the teacher: Each child will need a copy of this page, a pencil, and a pink, blue, and red crayon. The teacher should say to the children: I would like you to listen very carefully and do exactly what I tell you to do to the picture of the rabbit. When we are finished with this page you will understand why it is so important to be a good listener. 1. Print your name on the line. 2. We listen with our ears. Color the rabbit s ears pink. 3. When we listen, we should look at the person who is talking. Draw blue circles around the rabbit s eyes to help us remember to look. 4. We should stop what we are doing when someone talks. Color the stop sign red to help us remember to stop what we are doing and listen to what is being said. If we don t understand what they are saying we should ask them to repeat it. 5. Turn off distractions so we can be better listeners. Put an X on the radio and television to remind us to turn off extra noise. 6. Ask the children if they can remember some of the good listening suggestions. KE-804018 Key Education 7 Listen, Look, and Do!
1. 2. 3. Name 1. 2. 3. Count and Color 1 Count and Color 2 Directions for the teacher: The children will need a copy of this activity and crayons. The teacher reads these directions to the class: LINE 1: There are three pencils. Color two of the pencils. LINE 2: There are four boxes of paint. Color three of them. LINE 3: There are five paintbrushes. Color four of them. teacher reads these directions to the class: LINE 1: Look at the snowmen. Color two of their hats. Color three of their noses. LINE 2: Look at the suns. Color all of them yellow. Draw a smile face on one of the suns. LINE 3: Look at the umbrellas. Color three of the umbrellas red and two of the umbrellas blue. KE-804018 Key Education 8 Listen, Look, and Do!
Name Color Animals Color Toys teacher reads these directions: 1. Find the lion and color him yellow. 2. Find the hippo and color the water blue. 3. Find the giraffe and color the grass green. 4. Find the zebra and color the sky blue. 5. Find the chimpanzee and color him brown. 6. Find the elephant and draw some peanuts for him to eat. teacher reads these directions: 1. Find the bear. Color him brown. Draw a red bow. 2. Find the car. Color it green. Draw a stop sign. 3. Find the soccer ball. Color grass under the ball. 4. Find the block. Color it yellow. Draw an A on the block. 5. Find the xylophone. Color the keys purple. Color the sticks brown. 6. Find the kite. Color the kite red. Draw a cloud in the sky. KE-804018 Key Education 9 Listen, Look, and Do!
Name Listen and Do 1 Listen and Do 2 teacher reads these directions: 1. Find the TV. Color it brown. Draw a car on the screen. 2. Find the crayons. Color one crayon red. Color three crayons blue. 3. Find the mirror. Color it orange. Draw a face in the mirror. 4. Find the thread. Color it green. Draw a needle. 5. Find the baby picture. Color the baby s shirt red. Color the frame yellow. 6. Find the boots. Color them yellow. Draw mud on the boots. teacher reads these directions: 1. Find the girl with the glasses. Color her hair orange. Draw bows in her hair. 2. Find the boy with black hair. Draw a hat on his head. Color the hat blue. 3. Find the boy with the short hair. Draw sunglasses on his face. 4. Find the boy with glasses. Color his hair yellow. Draw a hat on his head. 5. Find the girl with braids. Draw earrings and a necklace. 6. Find the girl with curly black hair. Give her pink cheeks and red lips. KE-804018 Key Education 10 Listen, Look, and Do!