I don't know how to teach a toddler or a child patience. They just have short fuses, as a rule, and I'm not sure the area of the brain that controls patience is even developed to the point that they can learn it. Have you read about ways to help raise a patient child? I'd like to know them so I can help with that when I have grandchildren--or, possibly pretty soon here, a niece or nephew if my younger sister gets pregnant this year. With our son, he got more patient as he grew up and his attention span got longer. But when he was small, it was a lost cause. Or at least it seemed that way!