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Self-Advocacy Sinister, The Bad Listener
$ 5
This resource is a hilarious self-advocacy activity. Your students will say it is their favorite activity and, you will know they are learning to become the boss of their hearing loss. It was created
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to encourage self-advocacy skills in children who are deaf and hard of hearing but is effective when targeting listening skills in all kids.The Premise: Sinister has two ears, wears great hearing devices, and has been in listening and language therapy since he was a toddler. But, it doesn’t matter. Sinister is a BAD listener! He doesn’t try and makes up excuses for not listening. Sinister gets in a whole lot of trouble because he doesn’t listen.The adult leads a discussion using Sinister’s poor excuses for not listening. Kids love imagining the trouble Sinister gets himself into because he doesn’t listen. This activity is an easy, no-prep way to encourage the child to be Boss of Your Hearing Loss. Parents can use it at home, teachers and therapists both face-to-face and during tele-practice. While not age-specific it has been successfully used with kids in 1st grade and up through middle school. This resource can be easily leveled up or down to meet various children's goals and needs.Sinister The Bad Listener requires no prep or planning because everything is in this resource. It can be easily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face-to-face and on tele-platforms. This Digital - No Print resource can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Boom LearningSinister the Bad Listener is also available as a Boom Deck in the Listen With Lynn Boom Learning store. Please note: Sinister The Bad Listener is a serve-and-return conversational game between the adult and the listener. There is no audio component or sound bytes included.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈You'll love all these resources for kids with hearing loss and self-advocacy activities!❤ ❤ Check out the Bundle of 8 Self-Advocacy $$ saving bundle! SELF-ADVOCACY Tips For Communication Success (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY The 5 L's For Listening (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY This or That?SELF-ADVOCACY Bluffing Never Have I Ever ActivitySELF-ADVOCACY Role Play Real-Life ConnectionsSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios At Group Gatherings & CelebrationsSELF-ADVOCACY Sinister The Bad ListenerSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios - Turning Lemons Into LemonadeSELF-ADVOCACY Perk Up Your Ears (Ear-related sayings and idioms)SELF-ADVOCACY Listen & Draw Directions◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Click here to stay updated!➼ Be the first to know about freebies, sales, and product launches.➼ New products are 50% off the first 24 hours
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Self-Advocacy Listen & Draw Directions DHH
$ 3
LISTEN TO LEARN is the eighth in the popular Listen & Draw series. These are all auditory imagery activities that target following directions while growing vocabulary, memory and sequencing skills. De
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etails can be easily simplified or information added to increase the complexity to match the child’s listening and language goals.Children listen to detailed descriptions then follow the directions and draw four different young students all of which are deaf or hard of hearing and use hearing technology. A couple of the kids could be better listeners which is both entertaining and learning opportunities for the kids.Isabella hears with two cochlear implants.Watson hears with two hearing aids.Bryn hears with a Baha® device.Noah hears with a hearing aid in his left ear and a cochlear implant on the right. This LISTEN TO LEARN activity also targets self-advocacy skills. Talking through each scenario will encourage your students to understand the importance of listening to learn and be successful at school.Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) tips are included to encourage auditory learning.
Listening Lotto Sound Exploration Six Activities
$ 5
Playing Listening Lotto is an entertaining game that targets auditory skills for early and advanced listeners including sound identification, auditory discrimination, and localization skills. Targets
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vocabulary, descriptive language, spoken language, and conversation skills.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Teletherapy, Distance Learning, Face to Face, Digital, Print...INCLUDES:➼ 12 Listening Lotto game boards➼ 46 Calling Cards with sound images➼ Indoor, outdoor, noisemaking, working, and human noises➼ Guidance for children with hearing loss➼ Listening and Spoken Language Tips➼ Terms of Use (see below)SIX WAYS TO PLAY AND EXPLORE SOUNDS1. LISTENING LOTTO2. LISTEN, WALK and TALK3. SOUND DESCRIPTIONS4. LISTENING LOTTO SCAVENGER HUNT5. WHAT SOUND DOES IT MAKE?6. WHAT MAKES THAT SOUND?YOU CAN TARGET:• Listening development for early and advanced listeners• Sound identification, auditory discrimination, and localization skills• Listening comprehension• Vocabulary and descriptive language• Conversational and spoken language skillsTeletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✢ DIGITAL - NO PRINT can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.✢ Use in Easel by TpT for digital resources✢ Print and play face to face or in a small group or classroomSound Exploration Game ✤ If you have normal hearing, you probably tend to overlook many sounds in your everyday living environment. You don’t think about the hum of a computer or the whir of the ceiling fan.✤ Children with hearing loss need to learn about the many sounds that are part of the world. This listening lotto of common sounds will give ideas about what to point out to the child ass you help them develop listening and spoken language skills.✤ Sound Exploration for Children With Cochlear ImplantsThere are sounds that the child may have never heard with their hearing aids or not for a period of time for older kids and teens. Noises may sound quite different than they recall before their cochlear implant(s). Attaching meaning to sounds they hear is much like fitting the pieces of a puzzle together.
Learning To Listen Cards and Progress Monitoring Tool
$ 5
This resource includes a printable set of 30 Learning to Listen* Cards, an Observation Progress Monitoring Tool, and Tips For parents and professionals teaching the Learning To Listen Sounds and Phras
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rases to a young child who is deaf or hard of hearing utilizing hearing technology such as cochlear implants or hearing aids with the goal of learning to listen and talk. INCLUDES:High-resolution Learning To Listen cards for quality printingObservation Progress Monitoring Tool10 Tips For teaching the Learning To Listen Sounds and PhrasesListening to Listen Sounds - Actions and AdjectivesLearning to Listen Sound - Object AssociationsLearning to Listen Sounds are associated with toys and objects that are commonly part of a baby or young child’s daily routines and activities. Individual families may use a variety of different Learning to Listen sounds, words and phrases depending on their lifestyle and culture. These onomatopoeic sounds contain acoustic properties that are significant in the perception of speech. The Learning to Listen Sounds are easy to hear for most babies wearing hearing technology.Skilled interventionists coach parents and caregivers about auditory skill development while presenting the Learning to Listen toys or activities. Observation data can be collected about the child’s auditory access to aspects of speech like duration, intensity, pitch, and voicing as well as vowel and consonant perception by contrasting toys in strategically chosen groups. This information is critical for optimally setting hearing aids and programming cochlear implants.*Adapted from Simser, 2002, Estabrooks, 2006, Estabrooks & Birkenshaw-Fleming, 1994.
Vocabulary and Category Fast Thinking JUST SAY IT! Game
$ 5
JUST SAY IT is a no-prep, fast-paced competitive game where kids score points and build classification skills, vocabulary, and auditory memory. Learning new vocabulary by categories can result in impr
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oved comprehension and retention. JUST SAY IT is easily leveled up or down to meet a variety of children's goals. Kids ask to play the game over and over again. It's a must for your listening and language toolbox.You can target :Just Say It! encourages listening, concentration, and attention skillsteaches classification skills and critical thinking skillsbuilds vocabulary and word recallencourages verbal expression expands auditory memory and recallfosters cooperation, turn-taking, and social skillsWhat's included:32 category prompt cards32 cue-to-listen cards designed to build ear contact before eye contact, which is critical to growing a child’s brain for auditory skills.Listening and Spoken Language TipsJust Say It! can be easily leveled up or down to meet a variety of children's goalsExamples: Things that are roundThings in a kitchenAnimals that swimSchool suppliesThings made of metalKinds of containers➼ DIGITAL - NO PRINT can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. ➼ PRINT - Print the game cards➼ PLEASE NOTE: Just Say It! can also be found in my Listen With Lynn™ Boom Learning Store. To use BOOM CARDS, you must be connected to the Internet.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
Listening, Language and Vocabulary Builder BUZZ OFF Game
$ 7
Playing BUZZ OFF is an entertaining listening and spoken language vocabulary-building game with FIVE ways to play. Each is a large closed-set listening game that can be played with one child or up to
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p to four players.YOU CAN TARGET vocabulary, descriptive language, spoken language, and conversation skills.Game 1: Auditory IdentificationGame 2: Auditory MemoryGame 3: Auditory AssociationGame 4: CategoriesGame 5: Critical ThinkingIDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Teletherapy, Distance Learning, Face to Face, Digital, Print...GAMEPLAY: Buzz Off involves every player on every move. The bright, honeycombed playing boards are full of playful images that children find engaging. Children listen and find pictures in an attempt to make a continuous path of markers from one side of their game board to the other: Blue to Blue, Yellow to Yellow or Green to Green. One of the fun things about playing Buzz Off is that strategy may change based on listening to the other players’ choices. Teletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✢ DIGITAL - NO PRINT can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.✢ Print and play face to face or in a small group or classroomPlease note: BUZZ Off is a serve and return conversational game between the adult and the listener(s). Written prompts do not appear on the game cards where they can be read by the player. The therapist, teacher or parent reads the provided prompts to the child and presents them through hearing first which emphasizes learning spoken language through listening.
Auditory Memory and Recall Lickety- Split Game
$ 5
Lickety Split is a fast-paced barrier game played swiftly back and forth between two players that target auditory word recall, challenges auditory memory and processing speed.Improvement in the child’
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d’s ability to listen, remember and recall results in following more complex instructions, understanding detailed conversations, and learning new information.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Teletherapy, Distance Learning, Face to Face, Digital, Print...Children that are deaf and hard of hearing with reduced auditory memory abilities may struggle to recall longer sentences, only remember part of what was said and find it hard to recall information they were told in the past and relate it to new learning. Memory boosting strategies and playing games like Lickety Split can boost a child’s spoken language, communication, literacy and academic skills.See my blog post on how I used the Lickety Split Game in teletherapy.Click HEREINCLUDES:➼ 3 sets of colorful and engaging game boards➼ Guidance for children with hearing loss➼ Listening and Spoken Language Tips➼ Terms of Use (see below)Teletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✢ DIGITAL - NO PRINT can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.✢ Use in Easel by TpT for digital resources✢ Print and play face to face or in a small group or classroom
Auditory Rehab-Auditory Training UNO Card Game
$ 6
Grab the deck of cards and play UNO with an auditory spin using this Auditory Rehab Game Changer™. This activity is designed for individuals that are deaf and hard of hearing and for use in cochlear i
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ochlear implant rehabilitation for older children, teens, and adults.IDEAL FOR: Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Training, Auditory Rehabilitation, Speech...The UNO Game Changer✤ is played with special directions and rules✤ challenges beginner and intermediate listeners✤ works in closed and bridge listening sets✤ practices identifying words in sets and within connected speech✤ focuses on taking turns, talking while advocating for hearing needs✤ encourages gameplay and practice at home with family and friends✤ practice can lead to communication success✤ is motivating and funGameChangers™➼ result in natural listening practice much different than contrived lists or online or programs.➼ allow for real-time modifications based on the player's auditory skills➼ fosters self-advocacy skills➼ improves communication confidence and successINCLUDES:a pre-game companion that prepares the Listener to play the gamefeatures practice exercises and activities.offers clear directions for therapists, teachers, a listening coach, family members, and friendsincludes listening tips and strategiesfollows an auditory hierarchyNOTE: The amount of practice necessary will vary before a listener is ready to play the game and is dependent upon the listener’s listening skillsCurrently, there are four Game Changers in the seriesLevel 1: Game Changer - BattleshipLevel 2: Game Changer - UnoLevel 3: Game Changer - Guess Who?Level 4: Game Changer - Scrambled States of AmericaNOTE: Battleship and Uno are beginner-level games.Guess Who? and the Scrambled States games include more pre-game exercises due to the nature, difficulty, and complexity of the game and activity. ★ The card game is sold separately, online, or in stores.
Listening & Language Compare and Contrast Activity
$ 4
Listening & Language Compare & Contrast targets listening, growing vocabulary, descriptive language skills, critical thinking, two-way conversations and help develop reasoning skills in identifying si
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ng similarities and differences.Comparing and contrasting is a powerful prerequisite for learning language skills that lead to using compound and complex sentences.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Early Intervention...INCLUDES:➼ 2 Kid-Friendly Venn Diagram Sorting Mats➼ 1 Compare and Contrast Modeling Sheet➼ Compare & Contrast LSL Plan Activity➼ Talking Points➼ Guidance for children with hearing loss➼ Listening and Spoken Language Tips➼ Terms of Use (see below)This resource is a LISTEN, TALK AND PLAY interactive play activity that uses small manipulative toys or household items. Small manipulative toys are not included but one example of these little toys is included.
10 Kid Approved Games Grinning From Ear To Ear
$ 6
TEN Kid-approved listening games and language activities for your grab-and-go toolbox. Each game includes specific goals to target such as following directions, auditory memory, processing, and compre
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rehension while building language and communication. I have used these games with children for countless years. Expect lots of giggles and grins.Ideal for: Teletherapy, Speech, Listening and Spoken Language, Distance Learning, Classroom, No PrintWhat's included:A 21-page resource with:✧ 10 Ready to Go Games - No-Prep or very little preparation✧ Detailed Gameplay suggestions✧ Answers to each prompt when appropriate✧ A helpful guide and instructions✧ Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Tips✧ Terms of Use10 GAMES AND GOAL AREAS1. Woot Woot! Booooo! targets listening, auditory processing and comprehension of connected speech at the sentence level.2. I’m Going On A ________ targets listening, auditory memory and recalling details in sequence.3. Bean Bag Boogie targets listening, multi-step directions, auditory processing and comprehension.4. Simon Says Or Not targets listening, auditory processing, following multi-step directions and instructions.5. Thumbs Up. Thumbs Down targets listening, auditory processing and comprehension of connected speech at the sentence level.6. I Say - Go targets listening, temporal auditory memory skills, auditory processing and following multi-step directions.7. Found Sounds Outdoor Scavenger Hunt targets listening, identifying and localizing common outdoor sounds and their descriptors.8. Ear To Ear - Back To Back targets listening, auditory processing, following and giving directions, joint attention, two-way communication skills and cooperation.9. Do What You Hear Not What You See targets listening, following complex directions and auditory processing with distractions.10. Draw A Rhyme targets listening, following directions, auditory closure, phonemic awareness, recognizing and generating rhyming words.
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