Listening & Speaking Teaching Resources
Build your students listening and speaking skills this year with the help of dramatic play activities, interactive listening challenges and more teacher-created resources.
This extensive collection of printable and digital resources was created with both your lesson planning needs and your students in mind to help teachers give students a strong foundation with communication skills that will last them a lifetime.
Help students learn how to greet one another appropriately, how to express their needs and wants and how to carry on a conversation across multiple exchanges. Explore tasks cards and activities designed to explore active listening skills and help students learn the difference between asking and telling and a whole lot more!
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Dual Language Labels - Spanish Classroom Objects
Label objects in the classroom in Spanish and English with printable classroom equipment labels.
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Oink, Meow, Moo Icebreaker Game
Break the ice with your students on Day 1 with this silly movement game.
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Science Lab Dramatic Play Kit
Create a dramatic play center with this science lab decor kit.
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Picture Puzzles - Team Building Activities
A set of 10 picture puzzles to use as a team-building activity.
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Dramatic Play - Doctor's Office Pretend Play Pack
Create a dramatic play center with this doctor's office kit.
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Move and Share Activity - Icebreaker Activity
Start the school year movin' and sharin' with this fun icebreaker activity.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Directed Drawing Worksheet
Bring a bit of art into the classroom this MLK Day with a “How to Draw a Martin Luther King, Jr.” directed drawing worksheet.
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Dramatic Play Center - Dentist Office
Engage and encourage imaginative thinking with a dentist's office dramatic play center.
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Dramatic Play Center - Vet's Office Pack
Printable decor and elements for a veterinarian's office dramatic play center.
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Fruit and Vegetable - Grocery Store Dramatic Play Pack
A fruit and vegetable stand-themed grocery store dramatic play kit.
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Pretend Play Kit – Mechanic Shop Dramatic Play Theme
A mechanic shop themed dramatic play kit.
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Dramatic Play Kit – Coffee and Tea Shop
A coffee and tea shop themed dramatic play kit.
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Directed Drawing for Kids - How to Draw Corn on the Cob
Use this directed drawing activity with your students to teach them how to draw corn on the cob and enhance classroom listening.
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Directed Drawing Activity - How to Draw a Spider
Teach students how to draw a spider with a fun directed drawing activity for elementary students.
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Non-Contact Morning Greetings Posters
Non-contact greetings that students can do with their teachers and peers.
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Speaking Skills for Oral Presentations Poster
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
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Secret Threading Task Cards
Practice listening and speaking skills with this fun barrier activity.
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Shopping Cart Matchup Activity
A speaking and listening activity to reinforce a variety of mathematical concepts.
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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
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I Can Listen Poster
A poster to scaffold appropriate behavior for students when listening in class.
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Formal and Informal Greetings – Worksheet
A sorting worksheet where students distinguish the differences between formal and informal greetings.
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Interview a Classmate - First Day of School Activity
Help your students learn more about their new classmates (even if they have been together for the last 5 years) with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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Getting to Know My Classmates – QR Code Template
Use QR codes to get to know your new classmates at the start of a new school year.
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Question Starter Display
A classroom display to encourage questioning in the classroom.
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Classroom Word Charts
Kick off the new year and introduce your learners to the things in their school and classroom with vocabulary-building Classroom Word Charts.
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Public Speaking Tips - Poster
A poster to use when teaching your students about public speaking.
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Group Work Role Cards
Review and reinforce eight possible roles for group work with this set of 2-in-1 reusable posters and desk cards.
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Directed Drawing - How to Draw a Piece of Cake
Use this directed drawing activity of a piece of cake to help students develop their listening skills in the classroom.
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Speaking and Listening Activities Task Cards
A set of 13 cards with instructions for speaking and listening activities.
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How to Get Students to Follow Instructions the First Time — Teacher-Tested Tricks
Is following instructions a challenge for your students? Try these teacher-tested tips to help your students learn to listen and follow directions more closely.
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