September 29, 2015 Christina Alger

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Why teach our children manners?
Hello Parents,
This week we are focusing on our manners. Manners are extremely Table of Contents
important for each of our children to learn. They help with many of there
developments such as their social and Why Teach Manners
emotional. Manners teach them to take responsibility for them self and oth- Manners we are Learning
ers. They do that by acknowledging the rights of
Teaching Manners
others and taking actions to those rights if they were crossed. Another de-
velopment that manners help with is their language and literary. It really Things You Can do at
helps develop their oral language because they are communicating using home
verbal and nonverbal
communication. Important Dates
10/8 Field Trip to Hall of
What manners are we learning? Flame
10/22 Field Trip to Tomah
1. Magic words (example: please, thank you and youre welcome) Farms
2. Waiting to talk or saying excuse me
3. Holding the door 10/06 Angel Lopezs 6th
4. Not talking with food in mouth birthday
5. Using forks and spoons (not fingers)
6. Waiting until everyone is served before eating
7. Asking to pass something instead of reaching across the
table.
8. Being Respectful
9. Sharing
September 29, 2015 Christina Alger

Teaching Manners
Are you struggling with your child about saying please and
thank you? First, I will start off by saying you are not the only
one. Manners can take time to get use to and figure out for chil-
dren. What really helps is persistence and modeling. For example
your child is hungry and you are giving them a snack and you say,
Bob, do you want cheese. Your child replies with No. After
that you can simply reply, Say no, thank you. Keep reminding
them their manners and be a reminder for them. You also want to
model your manners to them. Use the manners you expect of Student of the Week
them. If you want them to say please when they ask for some-
thing, remember to use please when you are speaking to others The student of the week
and your child. This is just like the saying Monkey say, Monkey is Aiden Landers. He has
do. been amazing with his
friends and continuously
helping them clean up
Practicing Manners at Home and using his manners.
Finding a way to practice manners at home can be difficult. So, Congratulations,
Aiden we are so grateful
That is why I strong suggest the following article to help you
for your help! Keep up
practice manners at home. This article will give you advice and
the incredible work!
activities such as role play to practice at home to raise a well-
mannered child. It gives advice on things you can do at the din-
ner table and more. The article is by Elise McVeigh and is called, 8
Ways to Practice Good Manners. The following article can be found
at http://www.parents.com/kids/
responsibility/manners/practice-
good-manners/?slideId=33103

Enjoy and good luck!