Summer Listening Finger Walks are a must-have for kids that need help with auditory working memory, executive functioning, and following directions.

Working memory plays a big role in how we auditory process, follow, and remember information on a daily basis. Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions. Children and teens who have a hard time “staying on track” might have problems with something called working memory.

Ideal For: Listening & Spoken Language, Executive Functioning, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing, Speech, Auditory Verbal Therapy, ELA, Teletherapy, Home...

Listening Finger Walks are FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you!

These 5 No-Prep activities are ideal all winter long with fun themes for therapy sessions or school lessons.

➯ The FIVE Listening Walks can help build listening skills and working memory by allowing kids to work with auditory information without losing track of what they're doing.

➯ The games target vocabulary, descriptive skills, spoken language, and communication skills.

➯ Each of the five games has three rounds that increase in auditory complexity.

Five Listening Finger Walk Games

✧ Summer Action Verbs & Activities

✧ Ice Cream Cones

✧ Under the Sea

✧ Cactus Plants

✧ Summer Fun

Game Play

You need one listening game sheet per child.

1. The child listens and follows verbal directions while walking their fingers around the grid until they hear STOP. They are using their working auditory memory to follow the directions without losing track of what they were doing.
   
2. Then, ask them to describe that block which is a great language expansion opportunity.
   
3. If correct, they landed on a specific image and completed that round.
   
4. Let the child take turns giving you the directions. This helps build expressive language and turn-taking skills.

Game Prep 

• Print Version: Easy one-time prep. Print the five-game cards and laminate them if you wish.
• No Prep - Digital Version: Play on a computer with your favorite PDF reader app or on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The child uses their finger or the annotation tools to mark their walking path on the game cards.

Please Note: This activity and the SUMMER FOUND IT! resource contains many of the same summer images that are bright, enticing, and vocabulary rich.
However, these two resources target completely different auditory and language-based goals.

You will want both resources you will want in your Summer Toolbox.

FACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME

✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep and use time and time again

✢ DIGITAL - The games can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet or iPad. Tokens can be placed directly on the screen. On a computer open the PDF game boards with a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.

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Lynn Wood

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