I have tons!
-Face forward
-"Food time is not play time, it's time to eat. You can play when you're done" (I do this when baby shark song spontaneously breaks out while eating or an intense peekaboo game or whatever. Otherwise food and cups go flying)
-Use your fork/spoon
-Keep your hands/feet to yourself
-No feet on the table
-No licking the table
-Plates/bowls stay on the table not lifted in the air or played with
-no spitting (raspberry noises) or spitting food out. "If you don't like it, swallow it and take a drink"
-"ask nice" (use please and thank you)
-no blowing bubbles in your cup or with your spit
-ask to be dismissed from the table to wash up

I also am big on getting kids to respect each other's space and my space! My 3 year old is a super independent player with a good imagination so I'm constantly telling kids to give him space. The others are practically on top of him so that he's tripping over them and getting annoyed with them all day. Even the older kids. My daughter had this happen too but she usually enjoyed the attention. If he picks up a block, 6 kids suddenly want to play blocks. If he gets a fork and play food... They all fight for play food. It's weird. Anyone else have this happen with 1 kid?

I'm sure there's more but those are what I can think of right now!

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