Table Manners

Table Manners

yes, they are important!

Why manners are important

• having manners show you are BOTH respectful and responsible

• Others will show you greater respect because you use manners

• manners get you positive attention from others

• helps boost confidence

Table Manners

Using table manners shows the people that you are eating with that you are polite. It also demonstrates that you respect the people who prepared the meal and will clean up afterward. Table manners prevent you from making too much of a mess. For example, using silverware keeps food off of your fingers.

Questions for you

Poll

Taking huge bites of food is better than small bites.

• yes

• no

Taking huge bites of food is NOT better than small bites.

taking huge bites makes it harder to chew the food and increases the possibility of choking

10 Tips for better manners at the table

• 1.Come to the table with hands and face clean. Not only does this show respect for the person who prepared the meal as well as others at the dinner table, but it is also an important healthy hygiene habit

• 2.Always ask if you can help. Whether at home or someone else’s house, always ask the grown-up if you can help do anything to get ready for dinner.

• 3.Wait until everyone is served before eating. Avoid beginning to eat until everyone is seated and served.

Tips Continued

• 4.Never, ever chew with your mouth open.

• 5.No talking with your mouth full

• 6.Avoid overstuffing your mouth. It increases the possibility of choking and it is rude

• 7.Do not interrupt when someone else is talking.

• 8.Avoid reaching across others to get something. Create the habit of asking others at the table to pass what is needed.

Tips continued

• 9.Always push your chair in when finished. When you are finished from the table, push your chair back in.

• 10.If eating at home, always pick up your plate, clean your mess at the table, and say thank you or compliment the person who prepared or purchased the meal.

Multiple Choice

Do you need to use good table manners when eating at home with your family?

• no, only in public

• yes, of course

• only if your family makes you

Multiple Choice

You just took a bite of food and someone asks you a question, what should you do?

• spit out your food and answer them

• keep chewing and answer with your mouth full

• chew, swallow, then respond

Multiple Choice

If you get crumbs on the table, what should you do?

• lick them up

• brush them on the floor

• brush them onto a napkin or into your hand and throw them away

Multiple Choice

What should you do with the toothpick that is in some finger foods?

• use it to pick your teeth

• throw it away or leave it on your plate

• use it to pick up other foods

• finish your meal with it

Multiple Choice

Is it okay to talk with your mouth full of food even if you are only eating with your friends?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

if you take a bite and don´t like it, it is okay to spit it.....

• directly on the plate

• on the table

• into your hand

• into a napkin

Poll

Chewing with your mouth open and smacking your lips is acceptable

• yes

• no

Poll

If the food is good, you should eat until your stomach hurts

• yes

• no

Poll

Is double dipping acceptable?

• no, never

• yes, always

• sometimes, if it is your own persoanl dip that no one else is using

Multiple Choice

if at a buffet, is it acceptable to use your fork that has been in your mouth to taste things before adding them to your plate?

• yes

• no

Poll

blowing bubbles in your drink with your straw at a restaurant is acceptable

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

picking your nose and passing gas at the table is acceptable

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

If someone asks you to pass them the salt, what should you also pass them?

• butter

• rolls

• pepper

• napkin

Open Ended

Tell me one thing you learned about table manners or that you have been doing wrong at the table.