Help your child learn their manners by having a tea party and with this new book by James Patterson and Bill O’Reilly, Give Please a Chance.
This post is sponsored by Jimmy Patterson Books, but all opinions are my own and have not been influenced in anyway. #GivePleaseAChance
Lately, we’ve been having some issues with manners in my house. I am not strict by any means, but I find manners and respect to be very important. Just telling the kids to say please and thank you was not enough. They really need to put it into action. A tea party was just the thing! I felt like the same manners from a tea party can be used at parties and get togethers with family and friends.
Of course, a tea party requires you to look your best!
Next, it’s time to learn proper etiquette!
Guests should stand behind their chairs and wait for their host pull out her chair to sit down.
The host pours her guests tea.
Guests should say “please” and “thank you” when asking for a cup of tea.
They should keep their hands folded in their laps when they aren’t drinking or eating. Of course, elbows never go on the table!
When drinking their tea, tea party guests should take small, careful sips. We don’t want any spills!
Guests should ask for plates of food be passed to them instead of reaching across the table. And of course, never eat with their mouths open.
As my children are growing older and becoming more aware of certain topics, I am often faced with embarrassment when they speak in public about these topics like bodily functions and the like. So, it’s important for tea party guests to understand that this is highly inappropriate to speak about during the tea party.
Another great way to help children learn their manners is with books.
One of my new favorites is Give Please A Chance, a picture book from James Patterson and Bill O’Reilly.
In this inspired collaboration, bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and James Patterson remind us all that a single word—”Please?”—is useful in a thousand different ways. From finding a lovable stray dog to needing a partner on a seesaw, from reading a bedtime story to really, really needing a cookie, Give Please a Chance depicts scenes and situations in which one small word can move mountains. With a vivid array of illustrations by seventeen different artists, this charming, helpful book is a fun and memorable way for children to learn the magic power of one simple word: please.
One lucky winner is going to win when they learn their manners! Enter to win a copy of Give Please A Chance and a $50 Visa Gift Card! US Only. Prizing provided by Jimmy Patterson books. Giveaway ends 12/20/16 at 11:59p ET. Good luck!
Deborah Cochran says
I love that Give Please A Chance is gentle lesson for children (and adults alike) to learn to be polite by using such a simple word. Anxious to get this book for my grandchildren!
Janet W. says
A tea party is definitely a great role playing scenario where you can teach good manners while having fun together!
Cheryl Chervitz says
I always taught my children to be nice to everyone, just the way they would want to be treated. Also how to behave at someones house, treat it like you would your own home.
Cheryl Chervitz says
Having good manners is very important for children. If my parents hadn’t taught me, I would have been a mess!
Pamela Gurganus says
My advice to teach children their manners is to be consistent.
Patty says
Such a great topic for kids! Love these books.
Pamela Gurganus says
This book sounds fantastic! I’m a huge fan of James Patterson!
karen says
ANy which way that we can support children in incorporating more manners into their every routines is a win! These books look really cute and helpful!
Karen Glatt says
This is a really cool book! I think it is good to show by example manners and then it will be easier to teach kids manners when they are growing up.
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
That is such a great idea! I love the idea of being able to reinforce the concept of good manners while still making it fun during playtime.
Marcie W. says
Manners are so important and it is wonderful to learn them at an early age. Those are the type of lessons that last into adulthood.
Dandi D says
My daughter isn’t old enough for a tea party yet, but it is something good to think about doing with her in the future.
Angela Tolsma says
Books are a great way to learn about etiquette
Deborah D says
This book is going ro teach that being polite really gets you some where in the end.
Tara Holland says
It is so important to teach manners to kids these days. I love the idea of using a fun tea party and cute books to start teaching them young.
Margaret Smith says
This sounds like a great book.
Alysha says
I love that this provides a fun and exciting venue for learning manners!
Alysha says
My advice for teaching manners is consistency and being an example!
Pam Wattenbarger says
My daughter loved tea parties when she was younger. They were definitely a great way to learn manners. You have to be on your best behavior for a proper tea party.
Dawn McAlexander says
I am having a tough time envisioning Bill O’Reilly writing a children’s book. James Patterson I can see, but Bill O’Reilly? Well, he’s pretty intelligent, so it is bound to be good.
Catherine says
How cute is this idea! I love using the fun of a tea party to teach manners! We just threw our 2 year old a Tea for Two tea party. Still working on saying please and thank you though!
Kristin says
I loved having tea parties as a child. Now I feel like I failed somewhere since none of my girls have had a tea party with their dollies.
Theresa says
That’s a really good idea to use a tea party to teach manners! We just went over manners the other day, but this makes it really fun.
Rozilyn Cool says
What a wonderful book, manners seem to be disappearing more and more. Such a great idea to implement learning manners into a tea party, I think children are more receptive when they enjoy as well as learn.
Saundra McKenzie says
My granddaughter and I have had many tea parties. It teaches her please and thank you. She even lifts her pinky when she drinks her tea.
Amber Ludwig says
Such a great idea!! Manners are so important and sadly underused these days!! I am making sure my son learns them 🙂 He sure loves tea parties too!!
Allison says
I love this! It’s so important to teach our little ones manners, it seems like the world is losing them every day. What a creative way to teach them manners!
Lisa Favre says
I never thought of looking at tea parties with this perspective – how brilliant! I shall continue encouraging tea parties with my nieces.
Meagan says
This is such a great point. Children can learn so much through play.
Liz Mays says
It’s really good to establish good eating habits and manners early on. I think Give Please a Chance sounds like a fun and helpful book!
Kathy says
I think tea parties are great. It’s certainly a great way to teach manners. I need to set up one with my girls. They’ll have fun with it I’m sure!
Ann Bacciaglia says
A tea party is a great way to teach kids manners. Give Please A Chance sounds like a great gift idea.
Elizabeth Lampman says
My kids love to have tea parties. It is a great time to talk and teach about manners. These look like great books.
Oriana Romero says
It is so important to teach kids about manners. A tea party is a fun way to work on your manners. My kids would love to get Give Please A Chance for Christmas.
gingermommyrants says
Now that my kids are a little older they enjoy making all the snacks and drinks for our tea parties. It is so fun to see them in the kitchen.
dawn says
i love this. i used to play tea party with my mom growing up. those were such fun times.
Tayler Morrell says
I love this! When my sister and I were young kids, we would have tea parties with my Grandma all the time. We would get all fancied up, she would teach us to properly set the table, how to be a good hostess, and good table manners. I loved it!
Diana Rambles says
In our instant gratification society, manners are severely lacking. This looks like a great book.
Debra says
I love tea parties, I always try to do them with my nieces when I see them! So fun!
Theresa says
I remember the days of tea parties with my girls. It really does go a long way in helping them learn good manners through play. Kids really do learn more when they practice what you preach through a game they have fun with!
Cinny says
You have to be consistent. I think it’s an important part of life.
Deb P says
A great book for the kids , thank. Hope they learn from the book.
Deb P says
Put your hand over your mouth when you cough.
Aimee Smith says
I love this! saying please is a lost art these days and it is so sad!
Toni | Boulder Locavore says
This is a great way to teach kids manners. These books are a great suggestions too!
Cindy Brooks says
Love this book, I want to donate a copy to the preschool at our school.
Ana De- Jesus says
I think it is so important to teach your child your manners and a tea party is a perfect scenario . Kids will learn from books with a good motto like this.
Olivia Douglass says
I love tea parties and wish I had a little girl to have them with. Thanks for sharing how they help teach manners, that’s awesome!
Autumn Reo says
We have tea parties all the time but I didn’t think about making a bigger emphasis on the Please and Thank yous! All children could use more training in that always. haha
Kristie says
Aw I remember my tea parties! I love the idea of using a tea party to teach manners.
Kelly Hutchinson says
I totally agree. I think a tea party would be a great way to teach kids good manners.
Jenni says
This is so cute! Kids should play more of these games that teaches them good manners. Thanks for sharing these! Great book suggestions too!
Seattle Travel Blogger says
This is very cute and I agree that it could teach some needed manners to a child 🙂 .
I think it is very constructive for him or her.
Ourfamilyworld says
Great tips for moms, This is really great books. Moms can teach their childrens to be kind and good manners. Wonderful post.
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says
Awe, I remember my girls playing tea party! I love books with a great lesson. I have gathered several over the years, and my kids have taken away so much from them.
Kristin says
We just got this book for our daughter! I love it. Such a cute book. I also love how you are using play as a great way to teach. Perfect.
Tara says
James Patterson is a fabulous author. I didn’t know he wrote children’s books as well. What a great book to help teach manners.
Taylor Mobley says
I loved tea parties as a kid. My grandma would let us use her nice tea sets and I remember getting a beautiful set for my birthday one year. It was the best gift ever!
CourtneyLynne says
Omg I love this!!! I don’t know why it never came to me to teach manners with tea time with my daughter! Genius
Fee Roberts says
My granddaughter loves tea parties. We’re always having them on the weekends at the same time of day. She’s so proper when having her parties. Other times I have to remind her about her manners.
Rosey says
I’m singing the Beatles song now. Close enough that it got the medley stuck in my head. 😉 Thanks for hosting!
Shelley zurek says
Manners are so essential as these well-known authors realize. As they get older have them listen to Jane Austen as well. It really helps you understand how manners are necessary to make a society function.
Brianne says
What a sweet post! We love having tea parties in our home!
accontests6 says
Thanks for the great giveaway! My niece would love this.
Christina Sparks says
To treat everyone with respect.
Heather says
Love these books! And helping teach our kids manners is extremely important. You’re daughter is too cute in her princess dress!
Char Black says
I think you should be nice to every single person you encounter, thank you so much!! -Charlene Black Black thanks!!
Roxanne says
That book title is simply adorable! We love tea parties at our house…if only dinner time ran as smooth and polite. 😉
Debbie F says
My advice would be to teach children as early as possible to have manners, to treat everyone with respect, and to be kind to people as often as possible!
Chrystal | Nevermore Lane says
When I was a little girl I loved having tea parties and often had them with my boys cousins. I agree that not only are they fun, they can be a great learning experience.
Rachel at The Everyday Mom Life says
It’s actually a really good idea and smart way to teach manners! I will have to do this with my daughter.
Amy Orvin says
I would have never thought of having tea parties. It’s like having school for manners and etiquette but not boring. I love that idea!
Amy Orvin says
I really don’t teach them, I show them and tell them and they listen.
Suzanne Spiegoski says
I used to love having ‘tea’ with my dad! Definitely had so much fun and he was such a trooper playing dress up and letting me paint his nails (on top of learning manners) 🙂
Dotty J Boucher says
This book sounds wonderful and I think its important that all children be taught at an early age about having manners.
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HilLesha says
Oddly, I never had tea parties when I was a young girl. I think it was because that I was too much of a tomboy! ~lol~ However, they’re definitely a great way to teach manners.
Seyma Shabbir says
This looks like a perfect book! I have 2 sons who need gentle reminders about using please and thank you so reading a story would make a great reminder!
Christina Aliperti says
A tea party is an awesome idea! I am going to do this with my nieces, they will love it.
Brittany says
I love this! My little cousin had a tea party and invited my boys. It was so cute to watch!! Now they’re always asking to have another one!
Edye says
What a awesome idea! 🙂
Cynthia R says
I love your tea party idea, I never thought about it, but you are right, tea party is all about manners!
Angie Rose says
I love how a tea party can combine learning and playtime together! I loved tea parties as a child, and the photo with the American Girl dolls gave me such nostalgia! I’m going to have to give this a try with my little cousin. Teaching manners is so important, thanks for the great tips 🙂
Lindsey Paris says
Tea parties are so much fun! I remember having these when I was a child. My kids love them just as much.
Devona Fryer says
What a great idea! Teaching manners while having fun is an amazing way for children to learn. They won’t feel as if they are being taught, just having fun!
Megan mccoig says
A really fab idea. I feel kids prefer to learn when a game or activity is involved. A great way to teach etiquette to! They’ll remember forever.
Rosanne says
We need to stress manners no only in teaching children but in how adults treat each other.
Kelly O says
What a great way to teach some simple manners. I am not a fancy person, but I do think table manners are important.
Susan Smith says
These sound like great books to teach children about manners. My daughter use to love to have tea parties when she was young.
Jennifer Bellotti says
This book sounds so cute, it teaches kids about good manners.
denise low says
Thank you for the review. This is a great learning book.
Wendy R. says
Definitely teach kids by example! Have manners and they will follow your lead. I like the tea party too!
Laurie Emerson says
My advice to the old saying of what you do your children will repeat. When they are old enough to talk is when you say please and thank you to them and then they will reply with the same.
Yvonne Delgado says
teachable moments – I love teaching my kids manners ( when they were younger) I would have tea parties for my daughter and it was so much fun to be “proper” and use manners. Learning can be fun.
Yvonne Delgado says
make it a game and work it into your tv viewing – look for people who are using manner and point it out and look for others who are not – You just need to keep up with it and make sure to comment on how you liked how they used good manners when you catch them doing it
Sarah L says
Good manners are so important. They need to be reinforced with tea parties and books.
Mary Gardner says
I think the best way to teach children is by example. If you consistently use manners and give them gentle reminders when they forget, eventually they will always use their manners as well.
Tamra Gibson says
Gosh it Snds so cute. I had to laugh about no elbows on the table because I was also taught u have to extend ur pinky because Mrs. Howell did on Gilligan’s Island. This would b a fun kid day
Lesley F says
My granddaughter and I love having tea parties together
Lesley F says
Having manners and saying please & thank you at an early age makes a huge difference on how a child acts.
Jerry Marquardt says
I believe that teaching of proper manners is extremely important. I know that it is not taught as prominently as it was in the past, so we need to stay focused on proper manners more these days.
Tiffany Dayton says
I don’t think I had tea parties. Having good manners is essential along with saying thank you . Being polite to.
Tiffany Dayton says
Books can be helpful.