Books About Perseverance
The Tortoise and the Hare: Fable
A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver by Aliki
Wednesday’s Surprise by Eve Bunting
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Mary Mahy
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Concentration is a very important part of perseverance. Parents should build their children’s concentration with listening games. Parents and children give each other directions to follow and carry out the directions. For fun, these can be timed and children can work on increasing times…so they keep paying attention for longer and longer periods of time. The number of directions can be changed making the activity as easy or as challenging as needed to meet children’s needs at different ages.