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Table Manners to teach Children:
Having good table manners is an important lesson to teach your children. Not only do they help your children's social relationships with their peers, they also help make mealtime a lot more pleasant for mom and dad. Our table manners educational placemat will help make this process a lot easier and more fun. Be sure to use table manners that are age appropriate for your child's stage of development.
Here are the table manners the placemat teaches children:
- Wash your hands before eating a meal or snack
- Place your napkin on your lap
- Wait for everyone to be served before you begin eating.
- If you don't like something you are served, try a little bit anyway
- Sit up straight in your chair
- Wait for everyone to be finished eating before asking to be excused.
- Do not put your elbows on the table
- No talking with food in your mouth
- Do not reach across the table for food. Ask for it to be passed to you.
- Always thank the cook for the wonderful meal.
- Talk with others in a nice conversational tone - no yelling or fighting
Here are a few more table manners you may want to teach your children:
- When the meal is finished place the napkin next to your plate
- Keep bites small
- Do not play with your food
- Do not slurp your beverage
- Do not blow bubbles with your straw
- Try not to sneeze or cough - If you do excuse yourself
- Do not pick food out of your teeth at the table.
- Chew your food quietly
- Say please and thank you
- If you want to leave the table - you must ask to be excused. Say "Please may I be excused?"
- Do not wear hats at the dinner table
- Do not place used pieces of silverware on the table - they go on your plate.
- Look into your glass when drinking
- Do not tilt your chair back while eating
- Do not take other people's food
- No toys at the table
- Don't eat with your hands except for sandwiches, cookies, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, French fries, cold vegetables, bacon and corn on the cob.
- If you burp or fart - please excuse yourself.
- Eating is not a race. Please do not eat too fast.
- When you are finished don't push your plate away from you. Place your utensils on an angle next to each other.
- Pass the dishes from left to right
- If there are less than 6 people, do not eat until everyone has been served.
- Don't wave your utensils in the air - it's dangerous
Teach children table manners by playing a game:
Teach your children their table manners by making up a game. Take turns saying a good table manner. You can also make a game of finding a family member using good table manners.
Try not to spot anyone using bad table manners. Have fun with table manners!
Celebrate your good table manners:
Now that you have worked so hard to learn your table manners with your placemat, let your children celebrate by having a few friends over for a tea or dinner party.
Have the children dress up wearing their favorite outfits and practice using their good manners. Girls will enjoy wearing their favorite party dress and gloves while showing off their best table manners. The children will be sure to say "yes please" and "no thank you".
They will have so much fun with their friends and you will be so proud of them as they use their good manners.
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