Polite As A Princess

Polite as a Princess aims to teach kids good manners using the Disney Princesses - Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella - to showcase some of these manners. For example, Snow White waits for her turn and Ariel likes to share. Such easy everyday manners are shown to be traits of a princess. The book ends with "Don't you want to be just like a princess?" hence suggesting that every child can be a princess if the child is able to display such good manners. The illustration in the picture book looks as if it has been taken from the movie itself and is very eye-catching.

This is currently my daughter's favorite book. She's into Disney Princesses now. Not only does she have a crown, princess make believe make-up set, a Disney Princess handbag which grandma and gandpa gave her as a birthday present, she also has a fluffy princess-like dress and the list goes on...I was never very much into these kinds of toys when I was young and am wondering where she got this interest from. In any case, if the interest in Disney Princesses is motivating her to read books with Disney Princesses on the cover, then I have no objections - the only grouse I have is that these can be rather costly and therefore I had to teach her to be prudent.

Making reading relevant:

• Remind the child whenever the opportunity arises that she should be behaving like a princess


• Ask the child to describe scenarios they can behave like any one of the princesses


• Affirm the child that she's behaving like a princess when she takes the effort to exhibit these manners


• Ask the child to choose her favorite good manners and then talk about why it is her favorite

It's a different way of encouraging the child to have good manners and a little more fun for the parent as well! At least now when we role model we can compare ourselves to princesses as well! :)