How it works
Some good things take waiting.
A seed takes a long time to grow, and a jar fills one coin at a time.
Saving coins helps us wait for what we want.
Worked examples
A seed
- Pip plants a seed and waters it.
- Nothing happens, not even after a whole day.
- Then a sprout pops up, and later a flower opens.
The boat
- Pip sees a little blue boat that costs many coins.
- Each day a coin goes into the jar, and Pip says not today to a sweet.
- At last the jar is full, and the boat is Pip's.
Waiting is hard
- Pip's tummy wiggles while waiting.
- That is okay, because waiting is sometimes hard.
- The boat was so worth it.
A taste of the worksheets
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
- The boat costs many coins. What can Pip do? ✋ Grab the boat / 🫙 Save the coin / 🏳️ Give up
- Circle what helps Pip wait for the boat. 🪙 A coin in the jar / 💸 Spending the coin at once / 🙅 Saying not today to a sweet / 🏳️ Giving up / 🐢 Being patient
- True or false? Did Pip say not today to a sweet?