EnglishGrade 1ages 6–7
🙏 Please and Thank you
"Please," "Thank you," and "Bye" can all sound like polite things to say at any moment, so a young child sometimes reaches for the wrong one — the fix is tying each word to one specific moment.
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Download on the App StoreWhat your child learns
- When we ask for something we say Please.
- After we get it we say Thank you or Thanks.
- Thanks is a short Thank you — the same idea.
- Bye is for leaving. Not for asking.
The mistake most kids make here
Saying Bye when we ask for something.
Try one question
We want a book from a friend. What do we say?
We ask
- Bye
- Please
- Hello
Answer
Please — Yes. Please opens an asking.
How Maya teaches it
Your child tells Maya what they did in class. She teaches this topic at her desk, asks questions with tappable answers, and when the answer is wrong she explains why that answer was tempting instead of saying “try again”. She remembers what did not land and comes back to it.
Your child has it when they can: Say Please to ask and Thank you after.
How to help at home
"Please" is what we say when we're asking for something. "Thank you" (or the shorter "Thanks") is what we say right after we get it. "Bye" belongs only to leaving — it doesn't belong to either of those moments.
Play a quick asking game: hold out a snack and have your child ask for it with "Please," then say "Thank you" the moment they receive it. Repeating the physical handoff helps anchor each word to its moment.
If your child says "Bye" while asking for something, gently ask: "are you asking, or are you leaving right now?" Let them find the right word themselves rather than just supplying it.
A good sign they've got it: they say "Please" automatically when asking, and "Thank you" automatically right after receiving, without a reminder — and "Bye" only shows up when someone's actually leaving.
Questions parents ask
- Why does my child say Bye when asking for something?
- At this age, polite words haven't yet been tied to one specific moment each. Practicing the physical action — asking, then receiving, then leaving — alongside the right word helps anchor them correctly.
- Are Thank you and Thanks the same thing?
- Yes — "Thanks" is just a shorter, everyday version of "Thank you." Either one works after receiving something.
- What's a quick way to practice at home?
- Play a simple asking-and-receiving game: ask for something with "Please," then say "Thank you" the moment it's handed over.
- How does Maya teach this differently from flashcards?
- Maya asks what we say the moment we're asking for something, with real options, so the child chooses the right word for the right moment instead of repeating a memorized list.
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Sources: English Curriculum 2020 for elementary school – Israeli Ministry of Education