Patience Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes
Waiting your turn, waiting for a skill to click, waiting for recess: patience gets tested all day long.
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About this resource
Waiting your turn, waiting for a skill to click, waiting for recess: patience gets tested all day long. These patience coloring pages give students calm words for those moments, and the coloring itself is patience practice. The 20 messages are part of the Self-Management competency for Grades 2–8.
What students practice
- Waiting calmly
- Knowing some things take practice
- Being patient with the process
- Seeing patience as quiet strength
What’s inside these patience coloring pages
- 40 coloring pages with every message in two layouts
- “Practicing Patience Check-In,” an 8-question reflection page
- A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like drawing an hourglass and filling each section with things that help you wait peacefully, or practicing a 1-minute quiet wait
- A classroom guide, a counseling guide and a printing guide
- A list of the 20 messages; 56 pages in all
A look inside
- Among the 20 messages: “I can wait calmly.” “I know some things take practice.”
- And more: “Be patient with the process.” “Patience is quiet strength.”
Grade fit
Think of the set as patience affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. Use the pages during long projects, before holidays or with students who rush through their work. The set fits Grades 2–8.
Pairs well with
Patience Bookmarks to Color is a gentle reminder to keep in a book. For focus and follow-through, add Self-Discipline Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.
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