“Manners are the happy way of doing things.” — Ralph Waldo EmersonGood manners are ways we express caring, consideration, and respect of others. When we use our good manners, we make our community more enjoyable for everyone. When we teach our children good manners, we empower them to have confidence in their ability to handle any situation in life.Language: The basic language of manners is “please,” “thank you,” “you are welcome,” and “well done.” When we use these words, we put others at ease. We let them know that we appreciate them and that we care enough about them to give them our full consideration. When we model the usage of these words for our children, we do them a great service.Behavior: Our children learn about behavior largely from observation, but many times they enter new situations for which they could use some coaching. It is very beneficial to remember the newness and to coach them through whatever may be about to come up. Think about your own child’s behavior and where your child could benefit from some of your insight. Talking children through situations before they arise, empowers them with the tools they need to confidently and gently conquer new situations.Car Talk: Ask your child, “What do you think ‘good manners’ means?” “Give me some examples.” And, then talk about them. You may be surprised what comes up!! Ask your child what the world would be like if everyone used good manners all the time. Ask your child what the world would be like if no one ever used good manners. Be patient and be as consistent as possible. The rewards in good behavior are well worth the effort.Read more about this and other topics related to affiliate marketing
As I’m sure you have found out, babies just love to be sung to and with. After learning the basic first sign language signs such as food, milk, etc. you will want to move on to some fun signs too.Sing & SignTry learning some signs for animals. Although that may not seems like fun signs to you, your little one will sure enjoy it. It doesn’t have to be a huge slew of animal signs just a few farm animals will do such as cow, pig or duck. I know you know “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”. To a sign a song you don’t need to sign all the words, just some of the keywords, in this case, sign just the animal signs as you sing.You can start out with just 2 or 3 animal signs depending on the attention span of your baby, then add more animal signs and make the song longer as your baby’s attention span grows. He may even start signing right along with you. Come on, I dare you to try this and not have fun doing it.Need some other song ideas? You might want to give these a try: One Potato, Two Potato, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Six Little Ducks. I’m sure you can come up with several more.Make Story Time Come Alive!Story time is a most loved time and wonderful bonding time too. I enjoy it with my kids. Want to really hold their attention though, give this a try, animate the story. Animating a story will hold your child’s attention better than just reading out of a book most times. What a great opportunity this is to continue or teach your baby sign language. Try short little stories or nursery rhymes to start out with. Personally I try to see what stories my kids enjoy me reading to them then we incorporate the signs into the stories. We read and sign for such stories as The Three Little Pigs, The ABC song (which not only helps them learn the alphabet signs but also helps them learn their alphabet by hearing the song and each letter). Nursery Rhymes are great fun too. Pick out a few and give it a try. I’m sure both you and baby will enjoy story time a lot more with a little action going on. Have fun signing!Read more about this and other topics related to gaming wordpress theme
