Whole Body Listening Activities | Posters, Worksheets & Mini Reader

Help young learners understand that good listening is something they do with more than just their ears. This Whole Body Listening resource gives Preschool through 2nd Grade students clear visual reminders, hands-on practice, and simple reading and writing activities for building active listening and self-regulation skills.

Students explore what whole body listening can look like in different classroom moments using easy-to-understand visuals and age-appropriate language. The resource combines display posters, guided practice, sorting and drawing activities, scenario-based thinking, and a student mini reader for repeated review.

What's Included

• 1 premium full-color cover

• 1 teacher quick-start page

• 1 whole body listening overview poster

• 7 individual listening-skill posters

• 6 student practice worksheets

• 6-page black-and-white mini reader

• 1 premium thank-you page

Skills Developed

• Active listening

• Attention and self-regulation

• Social awareness

• Following directions

• Identifying helpful listening behaviors

• Speaking and listening vocabulary

• Reading simple informational text

• Drawing and writing about classroom expectations

Perfect For

• Back-to-school routines

• Morning meetings

• SEL lessons

• Classroom expectations

• Whole-group instruction

• Small groups

• School counseling

• Social skills practice

• Reading and writing connections

• Independent review

Why Teachers Love It

The consistent visuals make whole body listening easy for young children to understand and revisit. Black-and-white interior pages are printer-friendly, while the variety of posters, practice activities, and mini reader pages supports repeated instruction without repeating the same task.

Simply print the posters for classroom display, introduce one listening skill at a time, and use the student pages and mini reader to reinforce the learning.

Bring active listening, classroom readiness, and social-emotional learning together with this Whole Body Listening resource designed especially for Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade classrooms.