Daily Idea #359: Listen Up

I don’t know about you, but my kids’ selective hearing is truly impressive. They cannot hear me when I am standing in front of them, yet hear every word I say when in a conversation with another adult. To play off of this skill we are going to eavesdrop on others.

Now that we are all out and about, there’s a lot more around us to observe and listen to. Instead of adding to the noise, we are going to listen to it. As a family, we will decide on a word or a phrase and then keep quiet in order to listen to those around us. We will listen to see if someone says our predetermined word or phrase. When we hear that word or phrase, we can then play again (or maybe stop eavesdropping on others).