But because they are just toddlers, there should be far less expectations on proper manners expected from adults. For toddlers, etiquette can be taught in the two most basic and frequent actions they do: eating and, however barely, speaking.
Use of polite words
By two or three years old, toddlers can already speak basic words such as mum, dad, and the like. It’s time to take it a little bit further with simple greeting words such as hi, hello, good morning, good night, and goodbye. Knowing this will help your kids overcome shyness when in the company of others, and will endear them to those they greet as well.
The enunciation of the words is not as important as knowing the purpose of these words in conversations. It is important to stress a word’s meaning more than its correct pronunciation so kids understand it better. Take not that understanding is different from memorizing–teaching kids how to say good morning perfectly will eventually come; the more crucial thing to know is when to say good morning and when to say good night.
Toddler etiquette while eating