![]() ![]() Say: Combination padlocks have numbers which have to be entered exactly the correct way. Did you find yourselves becoming more and more frustrated the more times you tried to open the padlock?ĭid you find yourselves becoming frustrated with the others on your team because you felt that you could do a better and quicker job of opening the padlock?ĭo you think that slowing down could have helped in this situation? TEACH When you had finally found all of your papers you still had to struggle with which order to place the numbers in order to open the padlock. What types of things do you get impatient over? Have you ever been impatient about something? We can’t make things happen just because we want them to happen NOW. Many times these situations are out of our control. Say: This game showed us that we need to be patient in order to achieve what we want.Įvery day we are faced with situations where we need to be patient. ![]() Tell the teams that they will race each other in finding the padlocks and combinations and the first team to open their padlock is the winning team. Not only do the preteens need to find the padlocks and the three pieces of paper containing the combination numbers, they have to figure out which order to put the numbers in order to unlock the padlock. Then hide the papers throughout the room/church. Next, write the combination numbers on separate pieces of paper and place the same colored sticker that corresponds to the padlock. Hide the padlocks in your room/church (our preteens love to play this game on a large scale so we utilize the entire church). The first step in this game is to write down the correct padlock combinations on a piece of paper and place in your pocket (you will need this if the preteens can’t figure out their combination).īefore preteens arrive place a sticker on the back of each padlock. Here is a higher energy game (depending on how competitive your preteens are) to play about patience. Here’s a free lesson with a fun opening game to help preteens be more patient. A combination on a padlock requires exact numbers and a devoted series of twists and turns. We all want to have what we want and exactly when we want it.Īnd in the case of our new locker owner, we find ourselves rushing to get what we want…rushing to get inside. You find yourself so excited to finally see the inside of your locker…but you can’t get in. You start entering the combination…but wait, is it two turns to the left or the right?Īm I supposed to go past the number I just entered? You slowly walk up to the locker and you pull out the slip of paper with the combination. Imagine yourself on the first day of 6th grade and one of the big thrills of the day is finally getting a locker of your very own.Īs you stand there staring in amazement at this giant (usually not) storage space that will get to be only yours for the next year! ![]()
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