Naughty Behaviors (Manners)

Daily Question/Sign-in: Nn Do you have good manners?

Toys: ABC, 123, and Opposite Puzzles, Spaghetti Doll House and Village, Big Blocks and Skee Ball.


Snacks: Clementines, Cheese and Crackers, watermelon, Cheeze-its and pretzels. During snack time I heard a lot of please, thank you, more water, please. Etc. We talked about other polite words like pardon me, excuse me, and I'm sorry.


Today after play time, we read the books Please Pass the Manners and Say Please! We had an informal white board discussion and wrote down the students ideas about what manners are.
Role Play: After snack time and our discussion, the children enjoyed a role play game of meeting people and introducing themselves. For instance, "Hello. I'm Susie. Nice to meet you. What is your name?"

The children enjoyed the upbeat story and song about N the Naughty Newt who painted the Nursery walls numerous times with neon nail polish. Mother shook her finger at N and said, "N n n" (like you would scolding a disobedient child). Our follow up activity was using nail polish to paint N the naughty newt! It was lots of fun. (What good little artists I have.)


Manners Books:
Please Pass the Manners: Mealtime Tips for Everyone by Lola Schaefer, & Kellie Lewis
Manners by Aliki
You've Got Manners: Table Tips From A to Z for Kids of All Ages by Louise Elerding
Say Please by Virginia Austin
No David! by David Shannon
*Time to Say "Please!" by Mo Williams

Winter or Holiday Books:
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn and Mark Beuhner
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Santa's Ark by Cliff Wright
Bah! Humbug? by Lorna Balian

Warm chocolate Chunk cookies and friends! Yum!

* Parents, children stayed inside the last two days because it was very cold outside! Please make sure they are dressed appropriately (warm coat and warm /boots) so we can play outside--even for only a few minutes each day!