Working memory plays a big role in how we auditory process, follow and remember information on a daily basis. Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions. Children and teens who have a hard time “staying on track” might have problems with something called working memory.

Ideal For: Listening & Spoken Language, Executive Functioning, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing, Speech, Auditory Verbal Therapy, ELA, Teletherapy, Home...

Listening Walks are FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you!

These 5 No-Prep activities are ideal all winter long with fun themes for therapy sessions or school lessons.

➯ The FIVE Listening Walks can help build listening skills and working memory by allowing kids to work with auditory information without losing track of what they're doing.

➯ The games target vocabulary, descriptive skills, spoken language, and communication skills.

➯ Each of the five games has three rounds that increase in auditory complexity.

Game Play

You need one listening game sheet per child.

1. The child listens and follows verbal directions while walking their fingers around the grid until they hear STOP. They are using their working auditory memory to follow the directions without losing track of what they were doing.
   
2. Then, ask them to describe that block which is a great language expansion opportunity.
   
3. If correct, they landed on a specific image and completed that round.
   
4. Let the child take turns giving you the directions. This helps build expressive language and turn-taking skills.

Resource Includes:

Listening and Spoken Language Tips

Directions - No Prep!

Five Listening Finger Walk Games

✧ Winter Action Verbs & Activities

✧ Hot Cocoa

✧ Mittens

✧ Snowmen

✧ Winter Objects

Game Prep 

• Print Version: Easy one-time prep. Print the five-game cards and laminate them if you wish.
• No Prep - Digital Version: Play on a computer with your favorite PDF reader app or on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The child uses their finger or the annotation tools to mark their walking path on the game cards.

Please Note: This activity and the Winter Find It! resource contains many of the same winter images that are bright, enticing, and vocabulary rich.

However, these two resources target completely different auditory and language-based goals.

You will want both resources you will want in your Winter Toolbox.

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