Cover Up
Using  a paper plate, help your
child draw his face - (a simple
picture - two eyes, a nose, and a
mouth). Next, use a  sheet of
construction paper to trace your
child's hand and cut it out. Finally,
glue a piece of Kleenex tissue to
the hand, then glue or tape the
hand and tissue over the nose on
the face, explaining to your toddler
that it's polite to cover our nose  
with tissue and say "Excuse me"
when we sneeze.

Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Talk to your child about keeping
her hands to herself - no hitting or
pushing. Then trace both your
toddler's hands on construction
paper and let her have fun painting
them.

Phone Manners
Practice answering the phone with
your child. Teach him how to say
"hello" after putting the receiver to
his ear and "goodbye" before
putting down the receiver.

Manners Tea Party
Have a tea party. Use your child's
dolls and stuffed animals and any
play dishes/tea sets. Serve juice
and cookies. Teach your child how
to share and serve their friends
first and use good manners. Use
the phrases "May I have some tea,
please?" and  "Thank you for the
cookies."  Emphasize to your child
that when we ask for something,
we say PLEASE and when
someone gives us something we
say THANK YOU.

Please and Thank You
(Sung to "Frere Jacques")
Please and Thank You
Please and Thank You
Sounds so nice
Sounds so nice
Manners are important
Manners are important
Be Polite
Be Polite

Share your Toys
(sung to Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Share, Share , share your toys,
share them with your friends
It's so much fun to share your toys,
sharing has no end.

Table Manners
(Sung to "Frere Jacques")
Chewing quietly, chewing quietly
Do not slurp, do not slurp,
We must say excuse me,
We must say excuse me
When we burp,
When we burp.

Manners
(Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot")
I have super manners. Yes, I do.
I can say "Please," and "Thank You,"
too.
When I play with friends, I like to share.
That's the way I show I care!’


Thank You
(Sung to "If You're Happy and You
Know It")
When my mommy gives me
something,
I say "thank you".
When my daddy gives me something,
I say "thank you".
I can see it makes them happy
When I say it so politely
Yes, good manners mean to always
say "thank you"!

Words::
Please
Thank you
May I have...
Excuse me
You're welcome

Color: White

Numbers: 1 to 20

Shape: diamond

THREE *RULES* FOR
EFFECTIVE PRAISE

1) Be specific. "Good job
sharing your dinosaurs," is
much better than, "Good boy!"
Children need to know exactly
what they're doing right. You
can praise effort as well as
success by saying, "I like the
way you tried to...".

2) Be sincere. Don't
exaggerate praise. A child will
probably not believe the
statement, "That's the best
drawing I've ever seen," but will
respond positively to, "I sure
like the way you drew this part
of the picture up here. How did
you do that?" or, "I can see that
you worked really hard on this."

3) Be immediate. You must
praise children while they still
remember what they did.
Young children need
information right away. For
example, "Thank you for
closing the door gently. I like
the way you remembered to do
that."