Recently as I was sitting at my dinner table and 5 out of 6 members
were texting or playing some sort of game on their technology of choice,
I decided to investigate modern etiquette. (By the way, I was one of
the texters, just for full disclosure!) I wondered if modern etiquette has kept up with the fast
pace of technology. So I started to search the internet for information
on modern etiquette. You see I have a lot of etiquette
books,
but they are all older…many of them even in the early 1900′s. I
absolutely LOVE to read them. However, it seemed when I read through
them that they weren’t really going to be a lot help in teaching my own
children etiquette, specifically etiquette related to computers and
technology. As much as I love to read those early etiquette books, they
just don’t reflect our current culture. For example, I would love to
have calling cards and a butler at my door to receive them from friends
who call when I am not home. Reality is that I don’t have a butler, my
friends don’t have calling cards, and in our busy world, no one just
drops in for a visit. We schedule things. We schedule everything. We
have a variety of calendars to prove it…smart phone calendars, pocket
calendars, large family wall calendars and even online calendars. So as
I need to brush up on etiquette myself, I decided to do what any good
homeschool mom would do. I started planning the unit on etiquette. So
for a few weeks this summer when it’s too hot to do anything else
anyway, my little farm children will be learning etiquette. So I’m
adding a few links here on this post in case you need to brush up on
your etiquette, which I’m sure you won’t Dear Reader. (did I sound like
Miss Manners???) and also links to some things that I will be using in
my etiquette unit. I think this might even make a nice class in a coop
setting.
Links to Good Etiquette
What does etiquette mean? (a video on the Emily Post website, geared to children)
Got a question?
Ask Miss Manners
The Etiquette Website with ALL the answers…
Emily Post
And what about that dinner where 5 out of 6 people were texting or using technology?
Modern etiquette says that texting and technology are NOT good table manners.
Once you get all those iPods, smart phones, iPads, and laptops pried
from your children’s grubby little paws, have them set the table family
style, using this video:
How to Set the Family Dinner Table.
Check out
“Tech Etiquette” for all of the rules regarding how to have good manners while online or using technology.
Check out
this link
for more etiquette rules for home and family life, many of which are
geared to children, just perfect for our homeschool unit study.
I will use at least one book in this unit. I purchased it a few
years back and highly recommend it. I also plan to see if my local
library has other books on etiquette for children.
I need to check out those links, and I love the graphics. Maybe I'll print them and put them in my dining room:)
ReplyDeleteReally stopped by to say that my Purple Hyacinth Beans are starting to come up and wondered if your had too. They like warm ground, so they come up when they are good and ready it seems. Mine come up in random places, wherever the seeds fell the year before, so they never seem to need much pampering.
Love you!
Laura
Well, something is coming up. I also planted morning glories all along my porch railing. I assume the Purple Hyacinth will look like a morning glory coming up? Not sure why I assume that. Anyway, I need to weed terribly. You can barely see little flashes of red petunias amongst the weeds and it will be a few more weeks before the morning glories make it up the porch. I had a wrap around porch and thought that the Morning Glories would look nice along it. We will see.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my blog. I think you are one of about 3. ;-)
Jammie