Create a variety of different sounds for students to repeat. Start out making brief, simple sounds, like a clapping your hands and snapping your fingers, and invite children to repeat the sounds. As you progress through the game, create quicker, more complex patterns of sounds, for instance, a foot tap, knee slap, hand clap, tongue snap all in a row. Make the game a competition by having students who repeat the sounds incorrectly sit out of the game until only one student is left.
This game encourages listening skills while promoting letter-sound recognition. Arrange your class in a circle. State the phrase, "I'm going to the playground and I'm going to take..." and state something that begins with the letter "A," like apples, for example. The child sitting next to you has to state the phrase, repeat what you said for the letter "A" and add something that begins with the letter "B." Go around the circle, having children repeat the phrase and adding new items for the next letter in the alphabet. Provide help when needed. This game is a bit complex, but children of this age group are often delighted by it.
Put the sense of sound to the test with this game. Set out a variety of objects that make distinct sounds on a tray and allow children to hear the sounds the objects make. Items to consider include a bell, a drum, a paper bag to crunch up, and dried pasta in a can to shake. After allowing children to hear the sounds of the items with their eyes open, blindfold them or have them close their eyes and use the items to make the different sounds. Kids must try to determine which items make the sounds they hear while they can't see.
Send pre-K students on a hunt to find different items to promote listening skills. State a short list of items aloud, like a pencil, a piece of paper and a block. Don't make the list too long or too complicated for children of this age. After stating the list, instruct children to look around the room for the items. Upon finding the items, students return to a meeting area where you can discuss the items they found and whether or not they are the items they were supposed to retrieve.