DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EAT SOUP?

When I teach children how to eat soup the proper way they always remember this little poem:

"Out to Sea and Back to Me"

We start with the proper table setting and with our napkin on our lap. While holding the soup spoon in the proper way, gently tilt the bowl away from yourself and then place the spoon's edge (not the tip) into the soup with a movement of down, out and up to the lips. As we do that movement in class we say together,"Out to Sea and Back to Me". The waves of the sea move outward. Never do you put the tip of the spoon into the mouth, and only sip on the side of the spoon. When finished, the soup spoon can be left in the bowl or placed on the plate under the bowl.

Children learn that concept quickly and I am told, the children always remember the saying, "Out to Sea and Back to Me".

Manners take practice and before you know it......good manners will last a lifetime.

Merlin Manners says: "Its Always Time for Manners"