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Listening at School and Home

Two places, one rule

Play this lessonNarrated out loud. No account, works offline.

Also available in Spanish. The app stops after two lessons a day and suggests something to do away from the screen.

What it teaches

These are the lines the lesson comes back to, and the ones a child actually remembers afterwards.

Home isn't a place with no rules. It's the place you practise them.

Be the same kid in both buildings.

How it starts

Story time. This is about a girl called Nia, who was brilliant at following directions at school and completely different at home, and could not explain why.

How the lesson goes

Following a direction — anywhere

  1. Stop what your hands are doing
  2. Look at the person
  3. Say okay, then move

Directions with more than one part

  1. Repeat it back in your own words
  2. Do them in the order given
  3. Ask if you forget — that's allowed

The question at the end

You're given three things to do at once. What helps most?

For the grown-up

Every lesson ends by handing the child something to do off the screen, and telling you what was taught so you can use the same words.

Try this today: Next direction you get at home, do the four steps: stop, look, say okay, move. Do it before anyone gets annoyed.

Then: Ask a grown-up for a three-part job, and say it back before you start.

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