The Children’s Book Review | June 21, 2017
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter: At KAMP® makes learning afternoon tea manners fun, meaningful, and most important, memorable.
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter: At KAMP®
Written by Loretta Neff
Illustrated by Anirban Mitra
Publisher’s Synopsis: Sip Tea with Mad Hatter makes learning afternoon tea manners fun, meaningful, and most important, memorable. Any adult or child who reads this book will delight in the clever illustrations and correlations of Alice in Wonderland’s characters to the manners advice.
Phrases like Be as cool as a Cheshire cat, Don’t be a mean Red Queen, and My teacup runneth over with gratitude are easy-to-grasp concepts for children.
With the demanding schedules of parents, caregivers, and teachers, the importance of social skills is often overlooked. Learning social skills early, especially during childhood, can shape a child’s character and greatly impact his or her life for the better.
The EW Foundation® (EWF) vision is to teach, inspire, and motivate children to perform spontaneous acts of kindness and consideration. The benefits they receive from simple, good behavior will be both tangible and intangible. Our belief is that children can “do well by doing good deeds.“
The topics covered in this book are part of the EWF KAMP® curriculum – 2015 Promising Practices National Award Recipient by Character.org.
“Once again, thank you, Loretta Neff, for another well-written and entertaining resource that teaches important life skills.”—The Children’s Book Review
Ages 6-12 | Publisher: EW Publishing | 2017 | ISBN-13: 978-0998555904
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About the Author
Loretta Neff is an award-winning children s book author and the founder of the EW Foundation®, a nonprofit provider of character education programs. Loretta has specialized in character and etiquette education since 1994 with clients ranging from children to Fortune 500 companies.
Loretta s books are inspired by her love of humanity and desire to share her resources with children who need them most. Through her books and charitable efforts, she hopes to engage young minds and instill the values that can shape and transform their lives in a meaningful and measurable way.
Her first book, award-winning Tame Your Manners, released March 2014, received coveted reviews and has become a bestseller in its genre. Described as Madagascar meets manners, the book continues to charm the hearts of critics and readers alike.
Her second book, Sip Tea with Mad Hatter, is another delightful concept for introducing children to good character and tea manners. The book was inspired by Alice in Wonderland and will challenge kids to be creative and Think outside the rabbit hole.
Based on EW Foundation s KAMP® curriculum, a 2015 and 2016 Promising Practices national award winner, her books emphasize good character and core values while offering an affordable and comprehensive learning solution. Children can enjoy the series at their own pace or share it as a family or class. (For ages 5 12.) Loretta received a BA degree in 1989 with honors and had her sights on the legal profession. But after being accepted to law school at Michigan State University, she never attended, having found her real passion for philanthropic work and the teaching of business and social etiquette. Loretta remains committed to the advancement of numerous charities, societies, and educational foundations.
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71 Comments
I love to see children learning manners and rules when
Sorry, it cut off before I finished. I think the best way to teach children life lessons is when they are reading, having fun and don’t realize they are learning. A great subject and the way it’s centered on The Made Hatter.
I believe the reason for the decline in proper manners is that families do not eat meals together anymore. If you want children to learn, you have to teach them. It used to be a family unit where the family did many things together, such as eating dinner without distractions like a phone. Now, they may still be a family, however, they are like single units living together and each doing their own thing.
I think kindness and empathy is an important social skill to teach children from a young age. Those nice traits will take them a long way in life!
“What do you think is the most important social skill to teach children?” Eating with your mouth closed.
I think compassion is the most important social skill to always speak with kindness.
In this day of bullying I think children need to learn to have empathy and we need to help them develop kindness. I love the concepts the book Sip Tea With Mad Hatter introduces to the reader.
The most important thing to teach kids are basic manners.. they will go a long way.
A very important social skill is for children to learn to stand up for themselves and not be pushed around. I am excited to see the beautiful art work in this book.
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I think that kindness or thinking of others before yourself is the most important social skill. Everything else flows from that. I would like to have this book for our family.
I think teaching them to manners are the best things to teach them!
I think it’s very important for children to have good social skills.
The most important social skills children need to learn are making friends, having compassion & empathy for others, and being able to verbally communicate.
Empathy and compassion are the most important ideas to teach children.
Teaching kids to be kind, polite and thankful is important.
This is a great book a must read for all ages not just children..it is sad how many lack manners now
I think kindness and empathy. I see that many people here think along the same lines.
should teach children patience and how to delay gratification.
Kindness and politeness!
I think teaching them manners and how to treat others with kindness.
Perhaps the Golden Rule from the Bible would be a place to start. If we are concerned for others and treat them as we want to be treated, refinement of other social skills will follow.
I think old fashioned manners at the table and respect for. Elders such as saying Mr or Mrs and of course holding doors open, please and thank yoi
I think children should learn good manners which is lacking nowadays in a lot of people. I just am excited to share this ook with my grand children
I think teaching children manners and how to treat others with kindness is important.
Teach children respect for others and kindness!
Respect your elders, treat others as you would want others to treat you
Children need to learn kindness and compassion as well as good manners.
I believe best social skill for me would be for them to love themselves and when they love them selves to show kindness to others and help people in need
Gratitude is the best thing to teach children.
looks like a great read the kids would love
Love when children have manners and listen to their parents instructions.
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Teach them to say please and thank you. Kindness and gratitude is much easier taught at a young age. Respect for others ranks up there, too.
Empathy and patience with kindness is the most important.
Teaching children to be polite, civil and courteous.
The most important thing is to teach children to have respect for others, good manners and be kind.
Marilyn
I still think the most important social skill (and which seems to be lacking quite a bit nowadays) is basic manners: please. thank you, excuse me, not swearing, being respectful.
Teaching kids rules is very important. If they don’t rules, they will be disappointed their whole life.
I believe respect, honesty, and empathy should be some social skills that all kids need to learn.
I think that manners, respect and consideration of others are the most important thinGSM to teach children. I would love to read this book to my grandchildren.
Being polit and respectful to adults is an important to teach children
To show respect to adults and people in authority
The best social skills I have taught my children is Respect and manners! I always make sure my children respect others and to have wonderful manners as in yes sir and yes mam etc..
Having 5 kids, the most important social skills is for each to have friends of their own and to learn empathy. Kids learn manners by imitating those around them, so this book will reinforce those lifelong skills.
Kindness.
Cute book
I think the most important social skill to teach children is the Golden Rule. That means treating other people (and animals) they way you would like to be treated. So many people only care about how their kid is treated, but not how their child treats others. What excites me about this book is that it teaches manners and consideration for others.
I would free A sample
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH CHILDREN TO LISTEN AND BE RESPECTFUL WHEN INTERACTING WITH OTHERS 🙂
I taught my sons now my grandchildren to respect their elders, say thank you, Aunt or Uncle when talking to relatives
I think empathy is so important.
I think teaching children to be kind to others is important.
I think good manners and kindness are important
I think empathy is an important skill to teach kids.
I think children should learn respect, to have manners, and how to socially interact with people!
Children are amazing & so open. It is important to always give a child an opportunity to speak but teach them that interrupting is not polite & to wait their turn. If they know they will be heard they will listen.
The most important social skill to teach children is to respect people and be kind to others.
Kindness & sharing are the most important social skills for kids to learn.
What do you think is the most important social skill to teach children?
Respect for others and oneself. If you dont have respect for others or yourself, you cant function as a human being. You cant be kind caring or have empathy. If you show respect you get respect.
I feel manners and respect is the most important social skill that need to be taught.
I think children need to learn to respect their elders and moral skills of kindness
Children should learn respect first over anything!
Please & Thank you are the first social skills most kids learn but it reminds me of the song my daughter sang to my granddaughter: “Everybody burbs, excuse me, excuse me!”