Teaching Please And Thank You...(THE MAGIC WORDS)...

Highlighting when they do this in a positive way reinforces the behavior and sometimes they catch you out when you forget .

this is great advice jess well done, we are trying to teach charlie this at the moment and he is getting really good at saying thank you but we need to work a little more on the please but he'll get there in the end,

hugs and kisses

Great! It is never too early to teach please and thank you. I've done this with my son even before he could talk. I say please and thank you whenever it's appropriate, even to him. When he got old enough to talk, I made him say these words whenever possible. At one time, my father in law told me that he appreciates that I was making my son say thank you to him, and that it must be frustrating to me when I have to make him say it (this was between 1 1/2 - 2 years old). I told him that I wasn't frustrated because at that time, it was still a teaching process.

Then one day, it just happens. He says please and thank you without being asked to do so.  Actually, he says "pease" and "choo choo".

There is nothing nicer, than  to hear a child with good manners. Well done Jess.

Love  Janice xxxx

Manners are number one in this house..........when you hear a child using their manners it speaks volumes!!!

Great article!!!

Amanda xxxxx