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Fire Station Listening




What is it:

Test your child’s ability to listen to instructions before performing the appropriate action


Teaching Objectives:

  • To discriminate between items

  • To differentiate across various types of instructions

  • To sustain attention required to listen and act upon the instruction


How to use:

  • Assess your child’s knowledge of the different objects listed before giving instructions.

  • Give various types of instructions to the child. (E.g.,“Colour/Cross/Circle/Tick/Underline the object as stated by you)




Teaching Tips:

  • Ensure that the environment is free of potential distractors (sounds, toys, etc.) to optimise your child’s listening

  • Use hand over hand prompt to perform the action as instructed if child is unsure of what to do (E.g. Strokes needed to cross/tick/underline/circle an object)

  • If the child is having difficulties, start off with 1 or 2 instructions and ensure mastery before adding more instructions


Embed more learning opportunities:

  • Receptive language - Point to the firefighter

  • Expressive Language - What is this?

  • Read to your child and ask questions along the way to assess your child’s state of attention and listening



-Specially created by Our Special Story-


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