Hidden Curriculum Calendar

One of the things I love are page a day calendars. This time of year so many calendars have reminders to "reorder soon!" for the new year. Please consider checking out this calendar by Judy Endow for your older kids.

Entries range from "it is perfectly okay to rank your friends from best to worst, but not okay to share it with others" to "the purpose of dryer sheets is to take static out of your clothes. Using them is optional."

There is also a Hidden Curriculum calendar for younger kids as well. Those entries include "flavored lip balms for moisturizing your lips are not meant to be eaten" and "your teacher may express an opinion that is different from what your parents think. That's okay. An opinion is someone's point of view, and not everyone will agree with you or your parents."

I know some neuro typical folks who could use these calendars! :)

Anyway, we would sit this calendar near our dinner table and it became the conversation starter for some of our meals....we could share how adults also have to figure out social situations and one of the best fall back plans is MANNERS. If you have good manners, it can help you extract yourself from unfamiliar social situations.

When you let manners be your guide, then as parents/educators we are not constantly nagging about our rules....simply that good manners need to be followed.

"Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners." (H. Jackson Brown, author of Life's Little Instruction Book)

So thanks for reading this post/blog and have a great day! ;)