Primary English: Speaking and listening tools

Ensure younger learners develop cruicial speaking and listening skills with this selection of supportive lesson ideas

Tes Resources Team

Stick people with speech bubbles above their heads signifying speaking and listening

A selection of speaking and listening ideas for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 pupils

Speaking and listening skills are essential for learners’ development. Not only do they help to build self-esteem, but the ability to present and debate with confidence will help pupils throughout their educational and adult lives. For that reason, we’ve selected some activities and supportive tools, designed to build younger students' speaking and listening skills.

EYFS

Loop cards - speaking and listening
ASpecialKindOfEnglish

Loop cards - speaking and listening

£1.80
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"I have...who has..." loop cards of 6 categories. Fun and engaging speaking and listening activity. Great way of developing core vocabulary. 2 levels of cards WITH WRITTEN NAMES OF OBJECTS- students read the sentence and use the picture to say what they have and ask the next question. W...
Pancake Cafe Role Play
hollyjack1

Pancake Cafe Role Play

£3.00
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Pancake Cafe Role Play. Why not open a pancake cafe role play centre in your classroom this year? Children will have the opportunity to develop their skills in maths, writing, reading, speaking and listening, as well as those important social skills such as playing and working together. This prin...

KS1

Speaking and Listening assessment
joymears

Speaking and Listening assessment

FREE
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Every year I would get my KS1 classes to do 2 or 3 talks. The first was usually about themselves, the second on a topic related non-fiction subject e.g. an animal and if I did a 3rd it varied in focus from poetry to a favourite toy to explain something they had made etc. I completed this using peer ...
Winter Listening Skills
lindylovestoteach

Winter Listening Skills

£2.99
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Winter Listening Skills - Listening skills are easy to develop when you use this no-prep packet! Use the 16 winter themed listening activities to develop auditory memory, visual discrimination and position in space. How does it work? There are 16 winter themed listening activities in thi...
Speaking & Listening Stimulus
sharkster1

Speaking & Listening Stimulus

FREE
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A FREE set of 10 different images to ignite imagination, creativity and lots of discussion avenues. Some questions alongside pictures to help trigger ideas. Images carefully selected to engage children of all ages! Previously used before registration to wake up morning brains or to start circl...
Tribute to trees activity sheet KS1 and KS2
ForestryEngland

Tribute to trees activity sheet KS1 and KS2

FREE
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Celebrate trees with some creative writing. Select from over ten activity ideas that are designed to improve skills in reading, writing and spoken language. Use this activity pack in the school grounds or in the forest. We d love to hear how you get on with this resource. For more free resourc...

KS2

The Pyramid Game Speaking and Listening Starter
londinius

The Pyramid Game Speaking and Listening Starter

FREE
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A starter game for teams. One member of each team sits with their back to the screen/board - the others have to describe what appears inside the pyramids. Use a timer or stopwatch if you have one - the team who complete their pyramid in the shortest time win. Just change the words in the tri...
Speaking and Listening Mr Stink
The Ginger Teacher

Speaking and Listening Mr Stink

£4.00
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**Speaking and Listening Mr Stink** **Complete Lesson on Speaking and Listening, Taking Part in a Debate, Related to Mr Stink by David Walliams** This download includes a complete, lesson on the sixth chapter of the book Mr Stink by David Walliams. Children will read and discuss the ch...
Fictional Worlds: Speaking & Listening
MisssGaskell

Fictional Worlds: Speaking & Listening

£1.00
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A PowerPoint presentation: each slide poses a discussion linked to fictional worlds. A variety of texts have been referred to but this could easily be edited to make it more applicable to a particular class. 'Would you rather?' questions are mixed with more detailed challenges involving vocabulary f...
100 Speaking and Listening Prompt Cards
miss_literature

100 Speaking and Listening Prompt Cards

£1.00
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A set of 100 speaking and listening cards. Each card has a different prompt question and they have worked well with students of all abilities, but have worked particularly well with SEN and EAL pupils. I have used these for speaking and listening lessons, as a fun starter task and occasionally as...