How to Potty Train Your Monster

Today we finished our unit on manners by learning about monster etiquette. Our first book was Kelly DiPuccio's How to Potty Train Your Monster. This book, which features adorable and colorful illustrations by Michael Moon, teaches children the 10 essential rules for monster potty training. Our second book was Little Dinos Don't Bite by Michael Dahl, in …

This Little Piggy’s Book of Manners

We continued learning about manners this week, with a focus on manners in the animal kingdom. We began story time with a little rhyme: Open, shut them. (On "open," place both hands in front of you, palms facing away and opening them wide. On "shut them," clench hands into fists.) Open, shut them. Give a little …

Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf

This week, we talked about magic words and how they help us to be polite. In Whoopi's Big Book of Manners by Whoopi Goldberg, we talked about all the different things we can do to be polite and considerate of other people, like covering our mouth when we cough or not talking in a movie …

Tails Are Not for Pulling

This month's story time theme is manners, and this week we talked about using good manners with pets. We learned about how to treat dogs nicely in Elizabeth Verdick's Tails Are Not for Pulling. We also learned that sometimes animals get scared, and we have to give them space. Our second book was My Dog Never …