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Erin
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Posted: April 21 2010 at 8:45pm \| IP Logged

Have finally pulled my list together. Sharing here, although some have already been suggested:

Fancy Nancy - Jane O'Connor
"Excuse Me" Learning about Politeness - Brain Moses
Someday We'll Have Good Manners - Harriet Ziefert
The Scallywags - David Melling
How do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? - Yolen and Mark Teague
Tea For Ruby - Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York
My Manners Matter - Pat Thomas
Taking Turns - Jenny Feely
365 Manners Kids Should Know - Sheryl Eberly

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Erin wrote:

Tea For Ruby - Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York

My dd LOVES this little book! Oddly enough it came free in a box of Cheerios.

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Posted: April 22 2010 at 8:02am \| IP Logged

Has anybody used videos or dvds to teach this? I saw quite a lot on Amazon that looked interesting and it occured to me this might be a fairly painless way to try.

Pam

whose sons will leave home with no manners at all because I have been dithering for years on what to do to teach them...

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Posted: April 22 2010 at 10:04am \| IP Logged

Pamin OZ wrote:

Has anybody used videos or dvds to teach this?

From the Taming the Kitchen Monster thread:

SuzanneG wrote:

For the little ones (ages 3-7)?? learning manners......my girls LOVE the Miss Shirley Finishing School

It's quite cheesy, but my daughters LOVE watching this silly thing over and over again! We check it out at the library. It has helped them to be excited about table manners and just general "awareness". There ARE boys in the video, but I don't know how BOYS would react to this kind of video. I only know girls

About 6 months ago, we had a "white tablecloth fancy Miss Shirley dinner" where the girls (and us, of course

) did everything "just like in the video." It made it kind of fun!

There are a couple others that we've checked out from the library....I'll see if I can find and link later.

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MarilynW wrote:

Jenn Sal wrote:

Living in NC, I've been taken back by all the manners and proper etiquette classes. I'm reminded I live in the south quite often! Do these classes work, really?

What do you think about cotillion classes? These are big in our area (and costly)- I am a little sceptical of them as I wonder why we would pay to have someone else teach our kids' manners - but I would be interested in hearing different opinions on this.

My son just finished his second year with the National League of Junior Cotillions. My son is more confident in social situations because he knows exactly what to do. Plus, he really liked the ballroom dance lessons. We are very happy with the program.

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Aggie gal wrote:

Around here we get a chuckle out of Do Unto Otters (A Book About Manners) by Laurie Keller. Fun way to introduce manners..

Old thread, but we just read this, and loved it!

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My boys are little but I really need to reinforce good manners. I've enjoyed reading through this and getting some ideas for other books I hadn't heard off before.

This year for my first grader, I've included some books on manners already mentioned on this thread, but besides reading them we are also going to do some copywork from our selections every week.

Thanks for bumping.

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Posted: June 28 2011 at 2:53pm \| IP Logged

We just love the Munro Leaf and Goops books.

The More Goops is on audioat Librovox and all the Goops books are online for free.

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