One sunny Tuesday morning Lucy rocketed out of bed, put on her shirt, pants, belt. flip-flops, and sunglasses and went downstairs to eat her #1 breakfast, chocolate chip pancakes with strawberries, chocolate syrup, and milk. Lucy crawled into the kitchen like a lion and roared loudly, "GRRRRR pancakes are grrrreat!!" interupting her mom, dad, and little brother, Jack's conversation. Lucy stood up and grabbed all 3 hot panakes from the spatula in her mom's hand and sat down in a chair. The Lucy reached over Jack, which knocked his fork out of his hand, picked up the butter in her hands, smeared it over her pancake using her finger as knife, and wiped the remaining butter on the tablecloth (it was mom's favorite). Lucy tied her napkin around her neck and ZAP! she became Super Lucy. SuperLucy stood on top of the table swooshed over dad's plate, picked up the strawberries, swooshed back and stood on top of her chair. SuperLucy shoved one pancake and 3 strawberries in her mouth. Then with mouth wide open and her lips smacking, SuperLucy tried to sing "Happy Birthday" to Felix, Lucy's pet fish. "Sniff"Lucy has a runny nose. Lucy grabbed her dad's tie, that was still around his neck, and blew her nose on it. ULP! Lucy is making her mom, dad, and Jack miserable. Where are Lucy's table manners? They must be lost. What is Lucy's family to do?? It looks like a case for... Detective Maximo Manners!!! Search through the following resources to help Maximo find Lucy's missing manners before it's too late!!!
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INTERNET RESOURCES
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http://iteslj.org/Lessons/ Make slurping sounds when you are eating noodles to show how good they are. True or False? Use this lesson plan on table manners to detect the answer. |
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http://www.teachervision.com/ Table manners for children, manners vocabulary, dramatize a dinner scene, and more can be discovered in the table manners lesson plan found at this website. |
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http://www.familynyou.com/ Eating with your fingers? Chopsticks? Detect Indian, Japanese, and western table manner dos and don’ts on this website. |
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http://www.oxygen.com/family Always tell the cook the meal stunk. Burp loudly and whatever you do, don’t say “excuse me.” Something sound fishy about these manners? Find more “not the best table manners” at this website to use opposites to teach correct table manners. |
Detective Maximo Manners Fabulously Fun Take Home Ideas
Eat dinner with the President of the United States, or at least pretend he is the guest of honor. Wear your best clothes and eat by candlelight off your best dishes.
Make magnifying glasses out of paper, a pipe cleaner, a toilet paper roll, or whatever you want. Use them to detect various manners seen, good or bad, throughout the day. Record findings in a manners log. Play manners show and tell to share findings.
Transform your dining room into a restaurant. Make a menu and invite friends, family, and neighbors. Take turns being the waiter/waitress and the guests. Put all dishes neccessary to set the table in an unorganized pile. Play a game to see who can set the table properly.
Make up skits displaying proper table manners and not so proper table manners. Videotape them and use them to teach and review social graces. Also, video kids before and after teaching table manners. Have them evaluate the difference.
Create your own manners! Make them as crazy, silly, or serious as you want. For example, no talking only singing allowed at the dinner table or stand on your chair and dance after every bite.
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CURRICULUM
REFERENCES
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ActBks
219a 1996/97 pg. 73-75 |
ActBks
H633 1992 pg. 70-85 |
ActBks
L767 1995 pg. 42-45, 66-69 |
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Mailbox Yearbook-Preschool
“Bee Polite” Talk with Miss Bea Polite to find some of Lucy’s missing manners. This queen bee buzzing with flawless manners will show you how to celebrate good manners with fun activities such as making Miss Bea bee puppets and throwing a tea party! |
Manners Matter What are all of those forks for? How do I properly use my napkin or set the table? When I am finished with my meal, what do I do with my silverware? Solve these manner mysteries by apprehending this book and performing the activities found inside. |
Manners, Please
Whether you decide to eat at a restaurant or at the kitchen table, this book provides activities, poems, and coloring pages that teach the best behavior for both atmospheres. |
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BIG BOOKS
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BigBooks At the Movies Take a trip to the movies with Mickey. Search for manners mishaps and how they could have been prevented. |
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PERIODICALS
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May/Summer
1999 pg.30-32 |
April/May
2001 pg.28-31 |
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The New Good Apple Newspaper
“Manners for the Millennnium” It’s Ladies and Gentleman Day! Desks become a dining room table and students regularly sporting tennis shoes, jeans, and sweatshirts are now dressed to the “nines.” Investigate this manner learning opportunity to find out more. |
Mailbox-Preschool Hear ye, hear ye! Royal Crowns, Royal Placemats, Royal Table Manners, and many more Royal activities will transform your students into supremely polite princes and princesses. |
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CHILDREN'S
BOOKS
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Children
394.1 L366w |
Children
395 B167Y pg. 67-82 |
Children
395 H429h pg.54-61 |
Children
Folio 395 B928s |
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What You Never Knew
About Fingers, Forks, and Chopsticks Fingers have always existed, but chopsticks, forks, knives, and spoons have not. When did knives get rounded ends? Why did it take so long for forks to catch on? Hunt through this entertaining and educational book to uncover the answers to these questions and many more! |
Your Manners are Showing
How are your table manners? See how you rate by using this checklist of proper mealtime behaviors. |
Hello Gnu, How Do You Do?
Question Nick Gnu and his friends for table tips, restaurant ettiquete, and how to pleasantly handle pitfalls. They might lead you on the right track to finding the missing manners. |
It’s
a Spoon Not a Shovel A fork used to: A. DIG IN THE GARDEN
Take this manners quiz along with Walter Warthog, Karla Kangaroo, and many more characters to see if your manners are monstrous or marvelous! |
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