Certified Etiquette Training for Kids

The Get~it~Done Gurus complement the efforts and influence of parents by teaching youngsters of all ages basic etiquette skills and manners.

Good manners and social skills are important to a child’s future success. Poise and self-confidence help young people feel good about themselves. The child with a healthy self-esteem becomes the adult with a positive sense of self. By learning to blend contemporary manners with traditional etiquette, kids are at ease with elders, with their peers, and most importantly, with themselves.

The Classy and Confident Kids' Academy offers classes with a quick pace to keep youngsters engaged. Sessions are fun and interactive, and lessons are complemented by games and activities geared toward fostering good manners. There’s serious instruction combined with lots of laughter. The courses focus on common courtesies, guidelines for politeness and respect, accepting differences and diversity, managing conflict, developing dining and social skills, along with ‘netiquette.

                                       Consider the Academy's "mini-manners" classes for

                                       your group of children—such as Girl and Boy Scouts,

                                       sports teams, dance troops. These two-hour sessions

                                       are specifically designed to meet the needs of your

                                       youngsters.

Gurus Miss Kathy and Miss Patt complement the efforts and influence of parents by teaching youngsters etiquette skills and manners. They are mothers, adult trainers, and former child researchers. Between them, they have studied with The Protocol School of Washington, are certified by the Etiquette Moms, and serve as "honorary cops” with the Etiquette Police. Further, the Gurus have been approved by the State of Illinois to provide continuous professional development units (CPDUs).         

Etiquette Classes for Teens

Teens also benefit from etiquette training. Such skills help them face life’s uncertainties with a sense of confidence and control.

Polished manners and appropriate behaviors allow them to rise above the crowd as they go through life—making great first impressions in school and the workplace through habits of kindness, respect, and finesse.

In addition to covering the more basic elements, as needed, teens learn …

• Basic protocol and contemporary manners
• How to create great first impressions
• How to gracefully conduct themselves during various types of social gatherings
• Dining skills and table manners
• Conversation and communications skills