Teaching children manners starts at the table. You can teach very young children basic table manners that will lay the foundation for habits of respect and kindness.
Modeling basic table manners yourself is the first step to teaching your children.
To help your children practice, I use the Manners Game. It is so effective, that my daughters now have better table manners than my husband and me! Because I needed a reminder from time to time, I made a fun printable to display in our dining room. Maybe now, I will beat them at the Manners Game.
Ask to be excused
No talking with your mouth full
Ask “May I please?”
Say “Thank you”
No elbows on the table
Eat over your plate
No secrets at the table
Compliment the chef
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Please and thank you are a must (even when it’s not meal time)! Our big no no at the table is chewing with our mouth’s open. (Sorry it’s been a LONG day 🙂
We are working on not talking while food is still in your mouth. Hard when the kids are excited and want to share about the day before they swallow but we are working on it. 🙂
Remembering to use a napkin! lol thanks for the giveaway 🙂
Pinned it!
Monica
http://happyandblessedhome.com
Very cute printables! 🙂 Now if only my 2 and 3 year olds could read them… until then I WILL read it to them! haha
Mackenzie 🙂
I insist on please and thank you!
I love the ones you’ve selected, especially thanking the cook because my children often moan when I bring them their plates, which is so upsetting! Eat over your plate is a rule we also try to stress. I’m thinking if we had a dog, we’d never have to feed him from all the crumbs he’d find under our kitchen table with four kids! Thanks for this sign. And I love Mailpix too!
My Aunt once described her daughter-in-laws kitchen:
“You could eat off the floor……. There’s so much food on it!”
Great idea to have a reminder for everyone to see. I’m going to have to check out the Manners Game. I’ve never heard of it.
Thanks for linking up at my Real Family Fun link party.
Take care,
KC
love these.
I would love it if you could share this on my link party ~ Serenity Saturday
Natasha @ http://www.serenityyou.com
Am I misunderstanding “Eat over your plate”? I hope so…
To lean forward over your plate is very poor table etiquette. You’re supposed to sit up straight and use your utensils to “bring the food to your mouth; not your mouth to the food” (as the rule goes).
I like the idea of printable rules.