Listening to Follow Directions
Teaching students to follow directions can be a challenge for classroom teachers. Playing this game will give students practice listening carefully to a set of instructions they must follow. Hand out index cards to students. On your own index card, draw a simple shape without letting students see it. Then, accurately describe to them how to draw the same image. You might say, “Starting from the top of the card, directly in the center, draw a line from the top to the bottom. Then, starting from the side of the card, directly in the center, draw a line across the card to the other side.” Ask students to hold up their cards to see how well their shape matches yours. Start with simple instructions and increase in complexity as listening skills develop.