good one Nikki, ur Daughter reminds me of my lil niece…
Reminds me:D Good listening skills are very important, and u can teach them by doing the following:
Get a very special lil bear(or just improvise)
tell ur child tht u have a very special friend tht u would like to introduce to them, but the friend is very shy and doesnt like noise, tell ur child tht they need to show you good listening skills b4 u take out ur special friend.
Good listeners should be able to :
~ sit still
~ be quite
~ look at the speaker
~ remember what the speaker has said
and now the special friend can play a number of games with u and ur child to help them to listen and remember e.g putting objects infront of ur child then covering them and taking one object away, and see if ur child remembers what was taken away, or play a game similar to “simon says” (but instead use the special friends name) etc.. etc…
I will try to share what i know with you guy’s, if it helps. hope u guys wont mind, and i dont think i know it all…