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ages 4-7
Class One: How to Say it Best
• Shaking hands and making introductions
• Maintaining eye contact
• Showing respect toward adults, the elderly and important figures
• Starting conversations and meeting new people
• Avoiding negative behaviors
• Listening skills and body language
• Showing appreciation and gratitude
• Making and receiving phone calls
Class Two: Say Please, Say Thank You
• Acts of kindness
• Things to do to be nice
• Being nice to people who are different
• Words of respect
• The importance of being honest and telling the truth
• Giving and receiving behaviors
• Thank you notes
Class Three: Dining Etiquette and Beyond
• Setting the table
• Appropriate behavior at the table
• Handling utensils and eating various foods
• Proper use of napkins, glassware and dishes
• How and when to enter and exit the table
• Mealtime conversation
Class Four: Out and About
• How to behave at school and on the playground
• Birthday parties
• Movie theatre etiquette
• Playdate basics
• Restaurant behavior
• Bumping into a friend on the street
• Host and guest behaviors
• Entering and exiting elevators, bathrooms and buildings and more
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“Social skills are necessary for school success. They affect how you do on the playground, in the classroom, in the workplace” --Dr. Barbara Howard an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an expert on behavior and development."
The New York Times |
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