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Manners for Preschool

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Kindness and manners pages for preschool: say please and thank you, take turns, share, listen and say hello.

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Good manners

Charts of everyday manners and good listening to talk about and color.

Kind or not kind

Sort kind and not kind actions, with or without scissors.

Polite words and friendly hellos

Trace please, thank you and sorry, and color ways to say hello.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these manners worksheets

Good manners help preschoolers make friends and get along with grown-ups. These pages show the everyday manners young children practice: saying hello, please and thank you, sharing, taking turns and listening.

Children talk through a good manners chart and a good listening chart, sort kind and not kind actions, trace the magic words please, thank you and sorry, and color friendly ways to say hello.

Standards

  • ELOF P-SE 2Child engages in prosocial and cooperative behavior with adults.
  • ELOF P-SE 3Child engages in and maintains positive interactions and relationships with other children.
  • ELOF P-SE 4Child engages in cooperative play with other children.
  • ELOF P-LC 4Child understands, follows, and uses appropriate social and conversational rules.
  • ELOF P-LC 1Child attends to communication and language from others.

How to use them

  1. Use the charts at circle time. Act out each manner before you color it.
  2. On the kind or not kind pages, ask how each child in the picture feels. That is the heart of kindness.
  3. Say the magic words together as your child traces them, then use them all day.
  4. Practice good listening before story time with the listening chart: eyes look, ears listen, hands and feet still.
  5. Praise manners when you see them: Thank you for sharing the blocks.

Teaching tips

  • Model the manners you want. Children copy what they hear and see.
  • Sorry is easier when a child can also do something kind, like helping a friend up.
  • Sharing is hard at three. Taking turns with a timer is a good first step.
  • Keep the words short and the same every time: please, thank you, my turn, your turn.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What manners should preschoolers learn?

Saying hello, please, thank you and sorry, sharing and taking turns, listening when someone talks and using kind hands.

How do I teach manners to a preschooler?

Model them, practice them in play and praise them when you see them. Pictures and short sayings help children remember.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. The kind or not kind sorts have an answer key on page 2. The charts, tracing and coloring pages have no key.