Teach Attentiveness At Home

Discuss Together

• Where should you look when you talk with others?
• Why do people like it when we are attentive?
• When do we have to be attentive besides in conversation?
• How could someone get hurt if they were not attentive?

Read Together

• Madeleine’s Rescue (Ludwig Beleman)
• Horton Hears a Who (Dr. Seuss)
• The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
• Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
  Who did or did not show attentiveness in these
  stories? What were the consequences?

Play Together

• Play a few rounds of “telephone” using simple phrases. Discuss how easy it is for words to be misunderstood, and the importance of listening for the exact meaning.