Try this activity to see how selective listening happens. In your group, choose one person to be the listener. The other three people should each read aloud from one of the selections below.

Vestigial ear muscles activate during focused listening, revealing a hidden link to our auditory past and evolution.

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates at least one of your child’s senses. This could be hearing, sight, touch, smell or taste. It also includes play that involves movement or balance.