| Example #1: A child waits quietly and attentively until it is her turn to present her project to the class. |
| Example #2: Two children take turns scanning blocks. |
| Example #3: A child finishes working on the teacher’s prompt before switching to free play. |
Teacher Insights on Practicing Patience
The following excerpts were taken from interviews with teachers who were asked to describe instances in which their preschoolers practiced patience, as well as times in which the teacher personally practiced patience while implementing the Coding as Another Language-KIBO curriculum.
Kids get very upset, especially when it’s not their turn to touch KIBO, so being patient with them, explaining their emotions, and being patient with myself for not being able to explain something properly.
— Ashley, Pre-K Teacher
Having the patience to learn about what you’re teaching so that you’re able to implement it. And really be patient with it because it’s still new… you might have in your mind the results to be one way and understanding it is not going to be that way.
— Adrian, Pre-K Teacher
Watch Patience in Practice
Waiting for Blocks to Be Scanned
Children wait patiently as their teacher scans all of the blocks in their program.
Organizing with Patience
A student takes his time cleaning up and organizing KIBO’s parts into the correct slots.
Waiting to Take Turns
A group of children patiently wait for their turn to play with KIBO.