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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Homeschool Village: Etiquitte and Manners
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Meghan
Over at The Homeschool Village, the question for this week is:
"Besides leading by example - what practical teaching methods/exercises are you using to teach etiquette and manners to your children?"
We use a variety of methods and exercises to teach etiquette and manners but the one that pops out at me the most is Our Family Rules - see my post here about it.
Every morning we have a routine. We have breakfast, then brush our teeth. Once our breath is fresh, we sing a few songs, say what we are thankful for, say the pledge, go over our Family Rules together and have a morning prayer. This little devotional time with my son and even my youngest son who is starting to participate more in it, is priceless.
Jackson (my four year old) has learned so many great things from these few "family rules" that we have. We are told all the time how polite, well mannered, and sincere he is. What more do parents want to hear? I mean really - aren't we all reaching for a main goal? To raise well behaved, well mannered, socially "there", and confident children?
I strongly believe that having a set of "family rules" will encourage good manners, and etiquitte. Make your family rules together. Make them pretty and easy to read. Make activities out of each rule. Take one rule a day and practice that specific one all day. There really is no right way to learn your family rules and put them into practice. Just one piece of advice, make it fun! Reward for doing that rule well at the end of the day.
"Besides leading by example - what practical teaching methods/exercises are you using to teach etiquette and manners to your children?"
We use a variety of methods and exercises to teach etiquette and manners but the one that pops out at me the most is Our Family Rules - see my post here about it.
Every morning we have a routine. We have breakfast, then brush our teeth. Once our breath is fresh, we sing a few songs, say what we are thankful for, say the pledge, go over our Family Rules together and have a morning prayer. This little devotional time with my son and even my youngest son who is starting to participate more in it, is priceless.
Jackson (my four year old) has learned so many great things from these few "family rules" that we have. We are told all the time how polite, well mannered, and sincere he is. What more do parents want to hear? I mean really - aren't we all reaching for a main goal? To raise well behaved, well mannered, socially "there", and confident children?
I strongly believe that having a set of "family rules" will encourage good manners, and etiquitte. Make your family rules together. Make them pretty and easy to read. Make activities out of each rule. Take one rule a day and practice that specific one all day. There really is no right way to learn your family rules and put them into practice. Just one piece of advice, make it fun! Reward for doing that rule well at the end of the day.
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11 comments:
I love your family rules. You have inspired me to sit down with my hubby so that we can make a set for our family. I am truly excited about doing something like this!
Still need to do this! :D Might get dd to help me as she loves doing scrapbooking things.
Have a blessed day and thank you for sharing!
How did you make this Meghan...love it! Need a pretty way to display ours.
Love that is is easy, visual, and that you are cheering each other on as you reward for good behavior. We need to remember that we are on the same team...sometimes it is easy to get so caught in the 'correction' side of training instead of the 'inspiration' side of it!
thank you for linking up today
Meghan, thank you for joining us. I think we will create a visual representation of ours for the classroom!
i love your family rules and they are so pretty!!
I'm inspired to make our own family rules. I'll email you a pic whenever I get around to making one :)
Love how you display your family rules! What a great idea!
Robyn
Hello! I'm glad I found your blog! I followed.
Can you please tell me, who is your blog designer?
Thank you,
Janet
wow. the rules are wonderful! you'll have to tell us all how you did them- digital scrap? i am a digital scrap wannabe, but all the computer stuff blows my mind. thanks for stopping by my blog- i used to write a lot more than i do now- but your blog is inspiring me to write more! wish i was in nashville- what a great place to live. we're from midsouth TN area, but now in texas. look forward to getting to know you better!
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