This storybook provides fun ways to teach children an abstract but essential idea - that their eyes, hands, brains, and bodies communicate and affect the people around them. Includes handout at end of book for copying and ideas and images to use to reinforce lessons. Whole Body Listening is more than just "hearing" with the ears. It includes listening with the eyes (looking at the speaker); listening with the mouth (closed and quiet - no talking, humming, making sounds, etc.); listening with the body (facing the speaker); listening with the hands (quietly at the side of the body or in the lap); listening with the feet (standing still or quietly on the floor); listening with the brain (thinking about what the speaker is saying) and listening with the heart (caring about what the speaker is saying). Ages 4 to 9 years
