Start the School Year with a Draw and Listen Activity

At the beginning of a new school year, it’s always tough to get your students back into the swing of things. They’ve been out of the classroom for weeks, and following directions is always a skill that needs to be revisited at the beginning of the year. That’s where a good, old-fashioned draw and listen activity can be handy!

Our teacher team has found a fun way to combine art and listening skills with this printable pack of draw-and-listen activity sheets.

A Listen and Draw Activity Your Students Will Love!

Use this listen and draw activity at the start of a new year to refine and review listening skills. We recommend exercises like these at the beginning of the year to help ease your students into the concept of whole-body listening.

This free resource includes four different scenes for students to use and instruction scripts for the teacher. After distributing the scene to students, the teacher reads the appropriate script, pausing after each instruction to allow time for students to complete it. Students add to the scene in various ways – by colouring, writing words or drawing an item.

As this activity is designed to improve listening skills, the goal is for students to hear each instruction only once.

Download This Free Listening & Drawing Activity

This free listening & drawing activity is available as a quick-print PDF file. To get your copy, click the download button above and print your materials right away! Now you’re ready to start that listening skills refresh!

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