"I Will" Statements for Patience - Character Development

The second week of January last year we were working on “patience.” That is exactly what we will be working on the second week of January this year. I’ve been excited to return to patience. For my kids? No, for me. I need it just as much as they do. If you are not caught up, I am providing links back to things we have done in the past.

Patience Activities for Character Development
Patience Word Ring
Patience on a Car Trip
Patience and Helping Kids Not to Interrupt
Patience and Making an Apple Tree Grow
Patience and Sitting Still
Patience with Board Games
Patience Song and the Snail CraftWhen I first began my character development series, I had not started doing the “I Will” Statements yet. Today, I will add in some “I Will” statements for patience.

We have now adopted “I Will” statements for our character development series. We made this cute board to highlight the focus phrases. I got the idea for “I Will” Statements from “Character First,” a character based curriculum. Although I haven’t used a lot of their content, I wanted to give them credit for this idea. Our four phrases this week are:

1. I will learn to sit still.
2. I will take my turn.
3. I will wait until people are done talking to talk.
4. I will keep my cool.

This main concept was used, with permission, from the Character First Education Curriculum.