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Kids 3: Activity Day Outline others. We are going to practice some of these actions that show respect. We want to make habits of treating others with respect all the time, especially women. Have the children take turns role-playing some or all of the following interactions to practice habits of showing respect. Respect habits  Pull out chair  Hold a door or car door open  Let women, girls, and those younger than you eat first/go ahead of you in line  Stand when someone needs a seat in a full room or other place like a bus  Be aware of needs, don’t wait to be asked before you step in to help  Take out the garbage  Bring glasses of water for others sitting with you during a meal  After a meal offer to take the dirty plates from the table and then wash them  Be considerate and kind at every opportunity  Offer to carry in groceries or other heavy objects  Say yes ma’am to an adult, or miss to a girl/younger woman if you don’t know their name  Use “please,” “thank you” and “may I”  Know how to listen and give someone your full attention when they are talking to you  When someone trips or drops something help them pick up the items they dropped  Say thank you for food given to you  Offer your coat or sweater to someone else if they are cold  Compliment things you like about others Object lesson: Disrespect/respect baskets Show the children that you have two baskets, one is a disrespect basket and the other is a respect basket. Explain that the items in the disrespect basket have been treated carelessly, not taken care of yet, or maybe even broken because of misuse. Tell the children that the items in your “disrespect basket” want to be moved to the “respect basket” but they need your help. Invite the kids to to figure out with you why the object landed in the disrespect basket in the first place and then what can be done to help the item move over to the happy and very pretty respect basket! Ask the children: what are some ways we sometimes show disrespect for others when we treat them carelessly or like they aren’t important to us? Sometimes people yell when they’re frustrated, or throw things, or hurt people, sometimes we grab things away from other people, we don’t say “please” and “thank you,” we forget to say “I love you” and give hugs. There are many ways that disrespect can easily come through in our actions. Even when we Moms for America ✯ Cottage Kids 5