Learning patience

Material

• Round “O” shaped cereal
• 2 bowls

Steps

1. Place the “O”s in a bowl.
2. Ask the children to put all the “O”s from one bowl to another one by one.
3. Give them 4 minutes to complete this task.

Lesson

• Ok, I need you to try something for me. I’ll give you 4 minutes and I need you to put all the pieces from this bowl into the other bowl one by one. Ok, I look at the clock and your 4 minutes start…..NOW! (The idea is that the child must “constantly” without stopping, “persist” and “continue” at the task to win, and they must be slightly tired).
• Continue: Good job! You are tired ?! You kept putting them in the bowl to win the game, right? You couldn’t give up, could you? You had to continue!
• That’s exactly what Hannah did! It gives us a very important rule and/or strategy to win the game of life! Prayer ! Prayer is something we must always do! Never give up ! Even when it gets hard, because it helps us, and it’s an important part of living with Jesus! It’s always good and always useful!