Seat the children in a circle. The teacher whispers a sentence in the ear of a child sitting in the circle. That child then whispers that same sentence in the ear of the next person. This continues on until everyone in the circle has had a turn. The last student repeats what was heard and then compares it to the original sentence. This game is a good example of how information can change depending on how the person receives and interprets it as it is passed along.
A leader gives a command. If the command is preceded by, "Simon says," students are to carry out that action. If the leader doesn't start the command with, "Simon says," the student must remain still and not follow through with the action. Students take turns being the leader. This is a great game to test to see if a student is listening well consistently.
The teacher chooses a word and tells the student in which category it belongs, such as animal or object. Students take turns asking no more than 20 questions to see if they can guess the word. The teacher is only allowed to respond with a "Yes" or a "No" in response to each question. Students have to listen carefully and remember the responses to narrow the word possibilities down.
Students sit in a circle. The teacher gives an opening line for a story. Going around the circle, each child adds a successive sentence to the story. By the time every child has participated, the story should have progressed and then ended with the last person. This game emphasizes listening skills as well as sequencing.