Are you looking for a way to help your children develop essential life skills while having fun as a family? Join Nicole Kavanaugh in this engaging talk as she introduces the concept of Grace and Courtesy and shares practical tips on how to incorporate these lessons at home. With examples such as Soft Feet, Turn Taking, and Passing Something to Another Person, Nicole provides an interactive and enjoyable approach to teaching children vital skills such as patience, respect, and communication. Learn how to make it a family affair, get silly with over-exaggeration, and incorporate relevant language and physical cues. Join us for a fun-filled and insightful session on cultivating kindness and courtesy in your home!
In this video
A child who interrupts while you're talking, or opens a closed door without knocking. Nicole Kavanaugh shows parents of toddlers and preschoolers short, playful lessons for moments like these, from waiting for a turn to passing something to another person. She also covers saying please as its own lesson, and how these lessons change as children grow. Soft feet, a walking game for a quiet house, is one of them.
Chapters
- 0:00 What grace and courtesy is, and how it changes with age
- 4:50 Make the lessons fit your home and keep them fun
- 7:50 Soft feet: a walking game for a quiet house
- 12:06 Teaching your child how to wait for a turn
- 17:24 How to interrupt politely: a hand on your arm
- 23:20 Knocking on a closed door, and when to explain why
- 29:07 The passing game, and teaching please as its own lesson
- 36:28 Final tips: connection, fun and lots of practice
