Activities - Practical Life - Grace and Courtesy Archives - Living Montessori Now

Thanksgiving Grace and Courtesy

Deb Chitwood — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 07:15:07 +0000

This is an especially good time to focus on grace and courtesy if you have any family gatherings coming up. Even if you don’t have any family gatherings this week or don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in your country, it’s also a good time to focus on etiquette before the December holidays. Young children need lots of...

The post Thanksgiving Grace and Courtesy appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

How to Help Your Child Feel Comfortable Greeting Relatives

Deb Chitwood — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 05:30:21 +0000

The holiday season (along with summer reunions) is a natural time for getting together with relatives … but children aren’t always comfortable meeting and greeting relatives. You can help. By using Montessori techniques for teaching grace and courtesy, you can help your child learn and more comfortably use appropriate greetings. Here are some techniques you can...

The post How to Help Your Child Feel Comfortable Greeting Relatives appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Grace and Courtesy Games at Home or School

Deb Chitwood — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:00:20 +0000

Grace and courtesy lessons are an important part of Montessori education. Just as important is finding plenty of ways to reinforce those lessons. If a child makes a mistake even after being given a lesson on an etiquette rule, there are many ways to reinforce the lesson without needing to correct the child. You can...

The post Grace and Courtesy Games at Home or School appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Montessori Monday – Grace and Courtesy for a New School Year

Deb Chitwood — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 02:35:37 +0000

If we want our children and students to be courteous, we need to spend a lot of time focusing on grace and courtesy. Grace and courtesy lessons and practice are important throughout the year. It’s especially helpful to place an extra emphasis on grace and courtesy at the start of the school year in Montessori...

The post Montessori Monday – Grace and Courtesy for a New School Year appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

How to Teach Your Child Table Manners for Holiday Gatherings

Deb Chitwood — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:55:24 +0000

Meals are a natural part of many holiday gatherings, and it’s important to prepare your child for those meals. By using Montessori techniques, you can help your child have appropriate table manners for any situation. This will be a very condensed version of how to teach table manners. Even if you don’t have time to...

The post How to Teach Your Child Table Manners for Holiday Gatherings appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

How to Have a Healthy and Courteous Royal Tea Party

Deb Chitwood — Mon, 21 May 2018 13:32:41 +0000

We’ve loved our family tea parties! They’re perfect ways to reinforce grace and courtesy lessons. And they’re fun! The royal wedding on Saturday gave us another reason to have a tea party. This time, we had a royal tea party with my 4½-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, my 5-month-old granddaughter, Sophia, and my 2-month-old grandson, Caleb (who’s half...

The post How to Have a Healthy and Courteous Royal Tea Party appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Free Royal Tea Party Videos {Grace and Courtesy Resources}

Deb Chitwood — Sat, 19 May 2018 13:30:21 +0000

What fun to celebrate a royal wedding or birth with a royal tea party! And a royal tea party is a fun way to reinforce grace and courtesy lessons at any time. You don’t need to feel intimidated at the thought of planning one. Here are lots of free videos to give you ideas for...

The post Free Royal Tea Party Videos {Grace and Courtesy Resources} appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

How to Have a Healthy and Courteous Back-to-School Tea Party

Deb Chitwood — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:30:15 +0000

We’ve had so much fun with tea parties ever since my 3¾-year-old granddaughter was a toddler. Last year, we had a first-day-of school tea party when Zoey started attending a Montessori school half days. Zoey started her second year of school this week, so we had a back-to-school tea party. A back-to-school tea party doesn’t...

The post How to Have a Healthy and Courteous Back-to-School Tea Party appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Fabulous Practical Life: How to Make Fresh Mint Tea {Montessori Monday}

Deb Chitwood — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:30:46 +0000

I guess we’re a tea party kind of a family. I don’t know which I love more … the herbal tea or the grace and courtesy lessons that come with serving tea. My daughter, Christina, and 3½-year-old granddaughter, Zoey (Christina’s niece), have had lots of fun with our grace-and-courtesy tea parties. Zoey enjoys herbal tea...

The post Fabulous Practical Life: How to Make Fresh Mint Tea {Montessori Monday} appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Deb Chitwood — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:00:36 +0000

My 3-year-old granddaughter has loved all the tea parties we’ve had focusing on manners. Yesterday, I decided to have a simple but fun party that we called our fraction party. We used Spielgaben wooden cubes and invited some of Zoey’s stuffed animal friends. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Spielgaben....

The post How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers appeared first on Living Montessori Now.