Picture It!

Why do you think listening to someone else is showing Empathy?

We will identify and practice the traits of an Empathetic Listener.

READY

Picture It!

Why do you think listening to someone else is showing Empathy?

We will identify and practice the traits of an Empathetic Listener.

READY

How do we show others that we are listening to them? What does it look like?

STEADY

Complete Sentences

Our eyes are...

Our ears are...

Our brains are...

Our hearts are...

We show and we know that we are listening when:

Ready (point to your eyes)

Listening (point to your ears)

Focused (point to your brain)

Caring (point to your heart

Click to the next slide to complete the sentences!

Set Up for Success

We will draw a picture of our favorite character that is listening by identifying how their eyes, ears, brain, and heart look when they are listening with Empathy.

GO

Let's Practice!

Let's practice the activity together. As a class, think of a book or video character we could draw.

 

On the board or chart paper, let's draw a character.

Let's Practice!

Let's put a circle or a heart next to their listening eyes, ears, brain, and heart.

Make sure our character has:

Eyes that are ready

Ears that are listening

A brain that is focused

A heart that is caring

Find a spot to create your drawing!

Educator: You will pass out supplies for students to draw their listening characters.

 

Optional: After the lesson, you can collect student drawings and make a book for your classroom library.

Pass Out Supplies

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Picture It

Draw a picture of your favorite book or video character practicing Strong Listening.

 

This will help remind us what it looks like to be a good listener who shows Empathy.

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Picture It

Circle or put hearts next to their listening eyes, ears, brain, and heart.

Make sure your character has:

Eyes that are ready

Ears that are listening

A brain that is focused

A heart that is caring

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Discuss

How does listening help us understand how a friend is feeling?

Share about a time when someone in our class was a good listener.

When is it hard to be a good listener?

Discuss

  • How does listening help us understand how a friend is feeling?

  • Share about a time when someone in our class was a good listener.

  • When is it hard to be a good listener?

Thumbs Up/Side/Down

Strongly Disagree

In the Middle

Strongly Agree