I found that by doing lots of activities like this the children s listening improved hugely.
Draw my picture listening activity.
Feb 11 2015 the draw my picture game is a fun way to get children to practice their speaking and listening skills.
Art work answers may vary.
You then describe a simple and easy to draw picture to them and they draw it.
It is a very simple picture for a low level beginner s class but this kind of activity can be adapted to any level of student.
The speaker will describe an image for the listener to draw but the listener cannot speak.
A classic paired listening and speaking activity that provides practice with giving and following instructions.
Jul 18 2014 the draw my picture game is a fun way to get children to practice their speaking and listening skills.
It tends to kick in when a child is asked to start his homework clean her room or complete some other unnecessary task that.
If they have the same picture then they have all listened and followed the instructions.
To help you with your first picture dictation you can use the picture on the accompanying worksheet and the description beneath it as a guide.
Include these with your plans after breaks as a warmup plus a good reminder about practicing listening and following directions.
Each listen draw packets includes 12 listen and draw activities with a different theme.
The back to back drawing communication exercise will get your groups and couples working together talking and thinking about how they communicate.
No doubt you have experienced a bout of selective listening with your child.
Submitted by julie hobson on 8 may 2008.
How to draw funny cartoons.
Groups are split into pairs of listeners and speakers.
Let her draw a picture and give you the directions to try and recreate the picture on her paper.
And i think your activity draw my picture game will be fun and a good exercise even for adults.
For each activity there is teacher direction page blackline student page colorful page showing what the art portion of the listening activity could look like.
Plus extension ideas that cover asking and answering questions.
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