Eating together has not only become the socialization and increase familiarity among family members, but also the effective media to introduce, not taught, the ethics of eating.
By exemplifying how ethics while at the dinner table, the expected child will record it, so that its development as the child will more easily absorb the teaching ethics to eat later. When introduced to eat with cutlery, motor skills and coordination expected the toddler as well honed.
What kind of ethics of eating that can be introduced to the toddler? Joan E Hardjadinata, the interface of the Montessori Counselor, Depok, West Java, to mention some of them:
1. wash your hands before eating. Use of children in the sink or the bathroom. Convey the importance of washing hands before eating. This is a simple step to cultivate healthy living. Also tell how the correct hand washing, using SOAP and rinsed repeatedly with clean water flowing. Finally, ask children drying her hands.
2. Teach a good sitting position. Sitting with an upright position, do not bend or walk don't br straightened. Provide a seat that snugly, so that the sitting position of the fruit of the heart is not too low from the dinner table. When you need to use the high chair, or simply by adding a special pedestal Dining chairs so that the toddler position high enough reaches the dinner table. That way, the toddler can eat more freely.
3. Pray before eating. Prayer before eating to build spiritual intelligence for children thanks to the sustenance and favors gained and given by God. Invite your child to pray together. Whenever possible, the fruit can be invited to recite a prayer before eating.
4. use cutlery correctly. Prepare your spoon and fork to suit the size of your child's body. Teach using a spoon and fork as its function. Select spoon and fork from plastic has a picture of the character according to the preferred child.
5. start eating when all the dishes have been ready at the dinner table. Introduce a rule, older people are welcome to take the food in advance. Also make it a habit to say, happy meal, to all the people who are there at the dinner table.
6. give it a chance at filling his plate. When the toddler food consumed in conjunction with other family members, allow the children to fill his plate. The food closer to the plate, let it pick it up yourself. It's at once teaches take measure of food according to your needs, so that the child does not take too much or little. When food consumed differ, prepare in table near sitting position. Help your child pick up his food.
7. eat with your mouth closed. Teach children to chew his food properly and mouth closed. Pass so that it does not fill her mouth too full because of the choking risk. Ask he ate slowly, no need to rush. Build the custom not to speak when your mouth is full. Or, if you want to talk, spend on food in her mouth first. Suapkan foods when mouth is empty.
8. create a fun meal. Invite your child to chat, of course when his mouth is empty, so the value of courteous manners and stay awake. The dining table could be the arena of discussion of various problems in home and school.
9. Teach saying thank you. Convey greetings to the children to say thank you to those who serve. For example, domestic workers who brought food. Likewise when dinner is over, say greetings thanks to older people.
10. Involve children in the process of preparation and tidying up the dining table. The toddler involves preparing the dinner table, as well as to stimulate skills bribe. Engage your little one on simple activities, like bringing a spoon or tableware that is not too big, and lightweight. Or, invite your child to eat after dinner table tidy. This activity is beneficial to train his independence. Praise children when they managed to do it.
By exemplifying how ethics while at the dinner table, the expected child will record it, so that its development as the child will more easily absorb the teaching ethics to eat later. When introduced to eat with cutlery, motor skills and coordination expected the toddler as well honed.
What kind of ethics of eating that can be introduced to the toddler? Joan E Hardjadinata, the interface of the Montessori Counselor, Depok, West Java, to mention some of them:
1. wash your hands before eating. Use of children in the sink or the bathroom. Convey the importance of washing hands before eating. This is a simple step to cultivate healthy living. Also tell how the correct hand washing, using SOAP and rinsed repeatedly with clean water flowing. Finally, ask children drying her hands.
2. Teach a good sitting position. Sitting with an upright position, do not bend or walk don't br straightened. Provide a seat that snugly, so that the sitting position of the fruit of the heart is not too low from the dinner table. When you need to use the high chair, or simply by adding a special pedestal Dining chairs so that the toddler position high enough reaches the dinner table. That way, the toddler can eat more freely.
3. Pray before eating. Prayer before eating to build spiritual intelligence for children thanks to the sustenance and favors gained and given by God. Invite your child to pray together. Whenever possible, the fruit can be invited to recite a prayer before eating.
4. use cutlery correctly. Prepare your spoon and fork to suit the size of your child's body. Teach using a spoon and fork as its function. Select spoon and fork from plastic has a picture of the character according to the preferred child.
5. start eating when all the dishes have been ready at the dinner table. Introduce a rule, older people are welcome to take the food in advance. Also make it a habit to say, happy meal, to all the people who are there at the dinner table.
6. give it a chance at filling his plate. When the toddler food consumed in conjunction with other family members, allow the children to fill his plate. The food closer to the plate, let it pick it up yourself. It's at once teaches take measure of food according to your needs, so that the child does not take too much or little. When food consumed differ, prepare in table near sitting position. Help your child pick up his food.
7. eat with your mouth closed. Teach children to chew his food properly and mouth closed. Pass so that it does not fill her mouth too full because of the choking risk. Ask he ate slowly, no need to rush. Build the custom not to speak when your mouth is full. Or, if you want to talk, spend on food in her mouth first. Suapkan foods when mouth is empty.
8. create a fun meal. Invite your child to chat, of course when his mouth is empty, so the value of courteous manners and stay awake. The dining table could be the arena of discussion of various problems in home and school.
9. Teach saying thank you. Convey greetings to the children to say thank you to those who serve. For example, domestic workers who brought food. Likewise when dinner is over, say greetings thanks to older people.
10. Involve children in the process of preparation and tidying up the dining table. The toddler involves preparing the dinner table, as well as to stimulate skills bribe. Engage your little one on simple activities, like bringing a spoon or tableware that is not too big, and lightweight. Or, invite your child to eat after dinner table tidy. This activity is beneficial to train his independence. Praise children when they managed to do it.
