Reception - Listening Skills

This collection of audio promotes listening skills for pre-school, Reception and Key Stage 1 children with fun sound discrimination games. Children are encouraged to listen carefully to identify sounds and to respond in a variety of ways, including both speech and movement.

Refer to the Teacher's Notes guidance on using the content.

 

1. Weather

Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games. Today's sounds are on the theme of weather.

 

2. Inside sounds

Sounds from around the home. Can you tell what they are?

 

3. Outside sounds

Today's sounds are on the theme of things that can be heard outside.

 

4. Journeys

Today's sounds explore things that can be heard on journeys.

 

5. Animals and habitats

Today's listening games explore the theme of animals and where they live.

 

6. Music

Listening games for pre-school and Reception children exploring music and musical instruments.

 

7. Jobs

More fun listening games for the very young - this time exploring workplace activities.

 

8. Sports

Today's fun listening games are based on popular sports and leisure activities.

 

9. Near and far

Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games. The focus is on sounds from nearby and far away.

 

10. Rhythm

Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games. The focus is joining in with rhythm patterns.

 

11. Sound story

Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games. The focus is telling a story through sound.

 

12. Sound games 1

A collection of fun sound games, including which sound is the odd one out?

 

13. Sound games 2

Another collection of sound games for the very young to develop listening skills.

 

14. Sound games 3

More fun sound games for the very young to develop listening skills, including listening to sounds at the zoo.

 

15. Sound games 4

More fun sound games for the very young to develop listening skills.