Patience is a Virtue
Resources for teaching patience to children
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How to Teach Patience to Your Toddler. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2015, from http://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/discipline/tips/how-to-teach-patience/
This article gives suggestions on how to keep your child occupied. It also gives suggestions on how to be prepared and how to reinforce the good behaviors.
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5 Tips for Teaching Patience. (2014, March 20). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.scarymommy.com/5-tips-for-teaching-patience/
This article focuses more on finding the causes of the child’s impatience. It also give tips on teaching patience such as modeling patience, timers, and coping skills.
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How to Teach Patience. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.parenting.com/article/how-to-teach-patience
This article focuses more on teaching the parent things not to do so as to not reinforce bad behaviors. Not only does it give things for parents to work on, but it gives examples to help parents with specific incidents.
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How to Teach Your Kids to be Patient. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/parenting/school-age/how-to-teach-your-kids-to-be-patient
This article gives more in depth ideas on how to teach children patience through action. It also tells the parents to have patience in waiting for their children to learn.
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Good Character for Kids: How to Teach Patience to Your Kids - iMom. (2014, June 7). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.imom.com/good-character-for-kids-how-to-teach-patience-to-your-kids/#.VgdnCvlViko
This article is more of a gradual approach to teaching children to wait. It also gives suggestions but they are more long term.
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Teaching time and patience to toddlers | The Parenting Garden. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://www.parenting-garden.com/2012/01/24/teaching-time-and-patience-to-toddlers/
This article focuses on the parent showing the child what they mean by wait a minute. It is more focused on teaching through action and using positive reinforcement.
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5 Ways to Teach Preschool Patience. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/teaching-patience-preschool/
Education’s article focuses on learn by example. It gives suggestions on activities to learn patience while being realistic on how long toddlers can sit still.