Good Manners Movie 1: Good Manners Matter (Ages 3 to 6, 13 minutes)  https://sites.google.com/site/valueslessons

Introduction 

Who has been to a teddy bears picnic? Raggs the puppy took his teddy and that's when everything started to go wrong. Let's see why.

Watch the movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEdD1_QkF28 

If you need to shorten this clip, eliminate the band playing their song, from about 1:30 to 5 minutes.

Discussion Questions

1. Why did Raggs' teddy have such bad manners?

2. How did the other children treat Raggs when his teddy was being so rude?

3. What is the best way to teach others how to have good manners?

Good Manners Movie 2: The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners (Ages 5 to 10, 12 minutes)

Introduction: What's it like to be somewhere everyone is being unkind or using bad manners? What's it like to be somewhere everyone is using good manners? Watch the movie: https://youtu.be/RejlTX3z9Ho 

Discussion questions

1. What happened at the party?

2. What effect did the gang's bad manners have on the other kids at the party?

3. How did Mama Bear teach her family good manners? Was this a good idea? Why?