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New Year's Eve
● Spring Festival, as the most grand traditional festival in China, is a good opportunity for children to learn Spring Festival etiquette. As the New Year draws to a close, teach children these Spring Festival rituals, let them be a good child who understands the rules and is polite, and get along better with people.
The annual Spring Festival is coming, and whenever this happens, the most exciting thing is the children. Wear new clothes, eat good food, collect red envelopes, visit relatives and friends, walk the streets and alleys of crazy play, watch gorgeous fireworks... These are all things that children love to hear.
In this lively, festive and peaceful festival, it is easy to let children play crazy, but it is also easy to ignore the etiquette and courtesy of children.
During the Spring Festival, parents and friends can't help but pay tribute to their relatives and friends. At this time, if the child does not understand etiquette, interjects and makes noise when adults talk, it is likely to fall into an embarrassing situation for parents. The new year is approaching, teach these Spring Festival etiquette to children, this Spring Festival let children become people who see people love to communicate, farewell to the "bear child" model.
Greetings etiquette
Meet and greet generously
Greeting is the basic etiquette of meeting people from person to person, and it is inevitable to greet relatives or guests at home during the Spring Festival. In order to avoid embarrassment, parents need to communicate with their children in advance how to say hello when they meet.
Parents can simulate the exercise with the child in advance, inform the child in advance of the identity of the relatives and friends they will see, how to call it, and avoid the child's non-cooperation when meeting, causing unnecessary embarrassment.
Children in the face of unfamiliar people will inevitably be nervous, at this time, parents must not be in a hurry, do not count the children in front of everyone, label the child "do not like to call people", you can allow the child to be familiar with it before calling people.
Relatives and friends come to the family, and many times, whether the children are willing or not, they will be forced to open for business to say hello. This is undoubtedly to exacerbate the child's anxiety for a shy and introverted child who will be nervous at the sight of guests.
For shy and introverted children, parents should not force their children, they can discuss some greeting methods with their children, such as smiling, nodding, shaking hands, hugging... For lively and outgoing children, you can teach children some interpersonal language, such as "Uncle New Year is good", "Aunt New Year is good", "Please", "Thank you", "Next time come back to play Oh"...
Blessing words to be learned
New year and new atmosphere, the blessings between each other can not be less.
If the child is relatively small and has weak language expression ability, parents can teach the child to say hello with gestures, such as seeing friends and relatives smiling and greeting, holding fists.
For children with strong language skills, parents can teach them to say: "Wishing you prosperity", "Happy New Year", "Good health", "All the best", "Good luck" and other blessings.
Tips for holding a fist: The traditional New Year's greeting gesture is different from ancient times between men and women, and the standard male posture is to form a fist with the right hand, wrap the left hand, tighten the wrist, and shake it back and forth; women are the opposite, but the woman does not hold the fist, only presses the hand, the wrist is not next to each other, and shakes back and forth.
Hospitality etiquette
Hospitality I will do
Guests come to the home, and after greeting guests, you can invite children to participate in hospitality work, such as guests come, use the "please" gesture to invite guests into the door, and greet guests to sit down, serve fruits for guests, and say "please eat fruit" and so on, establish basic hospitality etiquette common sense.
Adults should not be noisy when they talk
While the adults are chatting, the child can listen quietly from the sidelines, and if there is any need or question, he can ask "Can I interrupt?" "Let your child know that walking back and forth, yelling and casually interjecting is disrespectful to guests.
Share humility to make good kids
Before the guests come, first discuss with the children which toys can be shared, and put away the ones that cannot be shared. When a small guest visits, the child takes out a toy that can be shared, gives the little guest to play or play with the little guest, and can also watch interesting and meaningful cartoons, documentaries, etc., and play the role of the little master.
Sending guests well is polite
When guests leave, parents can lead their children to send guests, and can say to their children in advance: "Say goodbye to uncles and aunts, and welcome to come back next time." Although it is a simple sentence, it will make the guests feel happy when it is spoken by the child, and at the same time, the child becomes a polite little host.
Guest etiquette
Children do not understand the etiquette of being a guest, which will not only embarrass parents and mothers, but also make the host think that the child is rude, not enough parenting, and has a lot of negative evaluations of the child. Therefore, if you want to visit relatives and friends in the New Year, you must tell your children these guest etiquette.
Parents call in advance to make an appointment and arrive on time, come to the door of the New Year's home and knock gently first, if the doorbell is only once.
After entering the door, parents guided the child to say hello and took the initiative to arrange the shoes they took off, and guided the child to say "thank you" when he was entertained.
Standing has a standing phase, sitting has a sitting phase, sitting posture is upright. Don't stand upright and stick out while standing; don't lie down or lie on the couch when sitting down.
When visiting, if you want to visit other private areas other than the living room, such as the bedroom, you need to ask the owner's consent and cannot break in.
Without the permission of the owner, you can't turn things around, and don't turn on the TV and adjust the remote control randomly, which is respect and boundary.
You can't litter, you can't wear shoes and jump around on other people's sofas and beds.
Don't open snacks that you don't want to eat or like, and find someone to help you get something and say "please" first.
Don't like food or snacks to eat, you can say "I'm full" and can't say "it's hard to eat/not tasty".
Unless it is a sincere gift from the owner, do not take away the little master's toys or items.
If there is any problem when you are a guest, you can't shout like at home, you can reach out to your parents or walk up to your parents and whisper.
Table manners
In the New Year, in the face of the temptation of food, children will inevitably be tempted to eat small mouths.
Some children see the dishes they like to eat and monopolize them;
Some children use chopsticks to turn over the plate in order to pick their favorite dishes;
Some children move around at the dinner table, running around and shouting before they finish eating...
Although the table is small, table manners are crucial, and it may make people praise children or shake their heads frequently. In the future, when children enter society, there will always be socialization, basic table manners and dining etiquette, which will affect a person's image in social interaction.
So, don't underestimate table manners. During the Chinese New Year, it is a good time to cultivate table manners for children.
Do not sit in the seat, the seat is reserved for the elders.
When eating, do not pick up dishes first, let the elders move the chopsticks first, and then eat when the elders are together.
Don't pick and choose in order to pick the dishes you like to eat, and don't monopolize a dish.
Chew slowly during meals, try not to make a sound, do not spit on the mouth, and do not talk with the rice.
Don't stick chopsticks on rice, and don't use chopsticks to knock dishes.
Chopsticks do not pick vegetables when they are stained with grains of rice.
When eating, do not make loud noises, walk around at will, and do not comment on the taste of dishes at will.
During the meal, take care to keep the table top tidy.
If you want to leave the table first after eating first, you can put down the dishes and chopsticks first and take the initiative to say: Uncle and aunt, I am full, you eat slowly.
The food clipped into the bowl should be eaten, so that the food is cherished and not wasted.
Red envelope etiquette
In the New Year, the child's favorite, in addition to playing, is the red packet, which means that the children can "feed" the skinny little pockets on the clothes, and then walk the streets to buy good food.
Receiving red envelopes in the New Year is a happy thing, and receiving red envelopes is also very exquisite.
For toddlers under 2 years old, Mom and Dad should tell him to say thank you when someone else gives him, and then put it in his own pocket or give it to Mom. If the child is too young to do it, parents can hold the child's hand, take the red envelope with both hands, and take the child to say "thank you".
For slightly older children, say good to them in advance, before receiving the red packet, first say hello to the elders, take the red packet with both hands and express gratitude, do not open the red packet in person, and do not comment on the received red packet, the best thing to do is to immediately put the red packet in the pocket of the clothes or give it to mom and dad.
Telephone etiquette
If you can't go out to visit your relatives and friends due to the epidemic, you can visit your relatives and friends by phone. Although separated by a network cable, telephone etiquette is indispensable.
Pay attention to the time of the call, not too early and not too late, and the call time should not be too long, so as not to affect the rest of others.
When you call, first put your name on it and indicate who you are looking for.
When mom and dad are on the phone, don't interject, grab the phone, or yell at the phone.
When answering the phone, learn to say "goodbye" and then hang up the phone, don't just hang up the phone after you finish speaking.
Don't answer the phone while eating when answering a phone call.
When answering the phone, learn to say polite words such as "Hello", "Please ask you yes", "Please wait", etc.
When answering the phone, there are questions and answers, answer the questions to be generous, it is not advisable not to respond to the other party's questions for a long time, do not know how to answer, can not throw the phone aside and walk away, you can ask Mom and Dad.
You can also say blessings on the phone, such as "Happy New Year", "Wishing you prosperity", "Auspicious", "Good Health", "All the Best" and other commonly used blessing words.
The Spring Festival is coming, have you already taught your children these Spring Festival rituals? Don't underestimate these etiquettes, it will make your children love and blossom, and you will also harvest a civilized baby who understands the rules and is polite. China is a country of etiquette, this Spring Festival, let us teach these Spring Festival etiquette to children!