Things You'll Need:
- 1/2" binder
- White paper
- 3-ring hole punch
- Thank you notes
- Stamps
- Envelopes
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Step 1
Consider age. A younger child cannot be expected to learn and retain as much as an older child, so make sure that the lessons and activities you choose are age-appropriate. For ease of use, set up a 3-ring binder to store pages for the curriculum.
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Step 2
Compose an assessment sheet that lists the characteristics of good manners, such as saying "please" and "thank you," knowing how to set a table and how to answer a telephone correctly. Ask your child to write a description of what she thinks these characteristics involve to get an idea of how much she already knows.
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Step 3
Outline some activities that teach and reinforce good manners. One activity for teaching how to write proper thank you notes might be to include a baggie of note cards, envelopes and stamps. Hole punch through the baggie and attach it to the binder. Construct an outline of how to properly write thank you notes on a sheet of paper, and let your child compose an actual thank you note to someone for a recent kindness.
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Step 4
Place scripts that teach good telephone manners in the binder. Role play bad telephone manners and good telephone manners, so your child can see which one sounds better. Trade roles with your child so they can be the one calling and the one answering the phone. Let them get a feel for how each scenario sounds to both parties to the phone call.
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Step 5
Make a flow chart that explains how setting the table should work. Don't fill out the flow chart completely. Leave some for your child to do. After explaining how to set a table properly, let your child do this a few times by himself. Ask him to fill out the flow chart to see if he does it correctly.
