I had orginally planned on including the Time Timer in the First Friday Q&A, but it just didn’t seem to jive with the hot topic I ended up with for the Q&A feature, so I’m giving it a post of its own.
This is one of my favorite time management tools for kids. It’s a great way to help children grasp the concept of time. Check it out in this video:
How would you use the Time Timer?
Time Timer is offering a giveaway for one of the readers of Not Just Cute. Just comment on how you would use the Time Timer, and that comment will be included in the random selection of a winner. For an additional entry, link to this giveaway in Facebook and then leave another comment here to let me know you did so. For another entry, do the same in Twitter. The contest will be closed and a winner selected at 12am on Saturday, July 9th. The winner will be notified by email and offered a choice between the 3″, 8″, or 12″ Time Timer.
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I would bring it to my daughter’s pre-school so all children can benefit from it!
Would love to have this for time management at home with my three small boys!
very cool – I think we would use this alot just on a daily basis – playing games, chores, preparing for bed – just a great way to understand the concept of time!
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I would use the timer to help teach the concept of time and give warning when a transition was impending.
Please count me in!! I would use this timer to show my daughter how much time she has left to clean up her messes, play games, or get dressed. I love this product! Thanks for the giveaway.
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I would use it with my now 3 year old as we continue to work on transitioning between activities. The timer on the microwave or my watch has always seemed pretty abstract for my little guy and I think this would really help him. Thanks for the chance to win!
I linked to it on Facebook. 🙂
I love the Time Timers. I use them in my special education preschool classroom all the time. Unfortunately, the one I was using was broken during a super-tantrum. I would love to win a new one!
Oh, I love this! We use a timer in my classroom, but this is much better. I’d use it for helping them with social conflicts (the kids often suggest that they will give another child a turn with a toy “in five minutes,” and then we set the timer). Seeing the time elapsing would certainly be reassuring to the child who is waiting. I’d also try it out with my son, who is two, maybe for tooth-brushing (set it for one minute). There are so many possibilities!
I can see using this for many applications. The most immediately helpful for us, though, would be to show how long we had until leaving the house. Getting her dressed and out the door is always a challenge!
My son is obsessed with time these days, I think he’d respond really well to this. I can see us using it many of the ways you mentioned- countdown until clean-up time, for clean-up time, and to help him visualize how much time he has to get ready before we leave. Thank you!
this is so cool! I would love to have this as my son grows up for clean up and getting out the door. Thanks for a great giveaway!!!
I teach preschool and use a regular kitchen timer. This would be awesome for an extra visual cue in measuring time! I hope I win!
Linked to my facebook page too 🙂
Helping my children know when quiet time is over….so they can stay in their rooms instead of coming out to ask me.
I teach three preschool classes. The time timer would be valuable in so many ways, like, setting it so the children could see when worktime is getting ready to be over, giving a challenge at clean up time (let’s see if we can get this all done before the timer sounds), maybe for a sad child to help them see how long until mom will be back to pick up him/her. And with some of our children with developmental difficulties, it would be a stabilizing reinforcement for how long it will be until the next transition.
I love these timers. We use 2 of the smaller ones at school in an Autistic Classroom, they are great! Our kiddos can argue with the teacher, but they can’t argue with the timer!
I believe I would use the timer at home with my 2 1/2 year old who insists on all of Mommy’s attention at all times.
Thanks for this opportunity!
I would use it with my kids and the kids in my playgroup.
I would use it during transitions in my preschool classroom!
love these! i would use it for transitions to empower my kiddos to manage their own time. thanks!
I’d use it for clean up time. My son likes to play play play but then he’s suddenly exhausted when he has to clean up and really, the clean up is SHORT! takes longer to argue about it then do it…hopefully he’d see that.
I’d also use it for us time. I read a parenting post that said if you spent 15 minutes a day doing whatever your child wanted without any distractions – no cell phone, phone, iphone, ipad, tv, etc…you’ll find it makes a big difference in your relationship. I’ve started noticing when I think I am spending time with my son I’m ALWAYS focusing on something else – cleaning, cooking, reading the last sentences of a book or blog post rarely do I give him my 100% attention and I want that to change.
As a preschool director, I envision using it as a visual cue for counting down time to: *take a turn *change activities *try to put a certain number of objects in their place *see how long it takes to do something. The timer helps make something abstract into something a bit more concrete.
I would use it to help my boys complete their schoolwork in a timely manner.
As an educational assistant,I can see that the Time Timer would be a valuable resource .I would use to help children with transitions from one activity to another and also to help them visualize how much time we have before a much anticipated activity .
My three year old son has SPD. One of his biggest problem areas is transitions. He’s always had a hard time with it. I would love to have thus to help him understand how time works, and so he’d have cues for when it’s time to move on to his next task, or leave the house. For him, visualization is an excellent tool but he needs more than just that. He gets the concept of a clock, so this would add to his understanding. I would love to be able to see him get ready for school in under 45 minutes. That’s such a huge stressor for our family. Plus places like the bath, brushing our teeth and so on would be madeeasier as he’d have a cue from a source other than mommy for when it’s time to be done. I think this would be a fantastic addition to our life!
I am working with my 2 1/2 year old son right now to establish routines for quiet time, clean up time, and meals (he likes to nibble and then run like crazy, so currently meal time takes hours!!!) Having this timer would help on all of that!
I would use the Time Timer for everything! 🙂 In the past, I’ve used it to time center time, time outs, and even keep me on pace as I taught a lesson. I love the Time Timer! 🙂 (The one I used in my classroom belonged to the district and I had to leave it behind when I left.)
I am an Occupational Therapist turned stay-at-home mom. I have used these with kids I worked with and love them. My 3 1/2 year old would really benefit from a Time Timer. I would use it for “quiet time”, since she doesn’t nap anymore, and throughout the day for almost all activities and transitions!
Thank you.
Andrea
linked to my FB page 🙂
This is awesome! I would love this for many uses. Quiet time countdown. Getting ready to go to school. And of course, all sorts of transitions!
I also shared this on my Facebook page. 😉
Would absolutely use it for transitions to non-preferred activities for both of my twins with autism. Pick me!
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I left a comment but then my computer wigged out and I don’t see it listed here. I would use this baby for EVERYTHING, I’m sold on the idea and think it would be great to help my children grasp the concept of time!
I have Facebooked this Giveaway!!!
Based on the way my day is going, today I would use this at home to show my son how much time he has until he can interrupt me again to ask for the umpteenth time “Mom, what’s for dinner tonight? Mom, what’s for lunch? Mom’s what’s for dinner TOMORROW night?” while I am working!! 🙂
I can think of many ways to use this most handy gadget, but primarily would use it to monitor our free play time at school. Children often are deeply engaged in play, and miss opportunities despite our repeated reminders that playtime is coming to a close. The visual impact is one that it truly appropriate for preschoolers, and will help them instantly see how much more time they have. The responsibility is on the child rather than adult, which is a major goal of our parent cooperative preschool!
I would love this to monitor activities or to get kids ready to transition in my home daycare. Thanks for the opportunity to win one.
I would use it to time regular activities like getting dressed, brushing teeth etc. which both my boys (4 & 8) seem to have a hard time focusing on. They always get distracted by themselves, by each other and everything else under the sun!
I would use it for everything! I like the idea of using it for a transition like leaving the house. Great Idea!
I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time! Perfect for using with my older son, who has autism, to time certain activities or to show how long he has until we transition. What a great tool!
This would be great for having my boys cleaning up their messes!
I would use the time timer for our outside time and other tough transitions. My girls always have a hard time coming in after having a lot of fun playing outside, and they both respond well to visual cues.
My son has been struggling to understand time and has been very curious about how long one hour or one day is. He’s very visual and would love this!
I would use this with my daughter for ‘getting ready’ in the mornings. I would love to have one to share with our disability group so other parents and educators could possibly use one also.
I would use the time timer with my 7 y/o son with asperger’s syndrome. Transitions are rough in our house and dad is deployed, this would make a lot of days much better. I would send the timer with him to school with him to help him and his teachers seal with time better since he runs out of time often whether its play, work or lunch. If I do not win is there a like where I can purchase 1 or 2?
We were just thinking of buying one of these to teach MonkeyBoy about time. We’ve started giving him 10 minutes for snuggle/milk/song time at night, but he has no real clue about “minutes,” and we often have meltdowns when his time is up.
I would use this in every day life-getting ready to get out the door, timing for chores, etc. Thanks for the opportunity-have loved the concept of this product since last time you blogged about it!
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I would use it for getting to bed and getting out of the house in the morning. Piano practicing sounds like a good idea as well!
I’d love to share this tool with families at the parent workshops I’m developing for families of preschoolers…I’d also love to use one with my son at home. The visual time elapse is brilliant!
My 3 and 4 year old are super curious about time and right now we use the timer on my microwave on a daily basis. This would be just super helpful for my little procrastinators…
We have actually been thinking about buying one of these for piano practice as well. And I would also love to use it for daily chores.
This would be a great time management tool for our homeschool classroom!
I teach preschool, and I frequently use a timer in my class–this one would be great for four and five year olds! I would use the Time Timer to give the youngsters our “5 minute warning” before cleanup time, to indicate when “book time” (independent reading time) will end, and to help referee when two friends wants to play with a toy–“It will be your turn to use the toy when the alarm goes off on our Time Timer.” What a great tool to help children with the concept of time!
I would use the timer to help with taking turns and seeing how much time we have to do chores, such as getting dressed or brushing teeth.
I already use a timer in my classroom during learning centers (among other uses) to help ensure that kids have an opportunity to rotate to all of the learning activities, but this timer would make a GREAT addition! During the year, my students begin to ask “how much time left?” and with this timer, they will be able to see it!
I would love to have this timer for many reasons. I don’t like telling my son, “just a minuet.” When he asks me for something and I’m busy, I can say, “in 5 minutes”, set the time, allowing him to understand the concept of time, waiting, etc. plus it would help me realize that 5 minutes is up and I better keep my promise! I’d also use it for clean-up purposes. My kids dawdle during clean-up and I would love to have visual reminder of the amount of time they actually have for cleaning-up.
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We use a small timer in the classroom when we’re typing on the computer. This one would help the kids better visualize remaining time. I’d love to have one.
I would love this to start teaching my 3 year old about the concept of time. She thinks everything takes “just 5 more minutes”!
I LOVE this timer! I saw it first when I was preschool shopping for my daughter. They had it in the classrooms and I fell in love with it then. I would use this timer multiple times throughout the day. For taking turns, for time spent on homework, for cleaning up, for reading in bed before lights out. The list goes on. Just today I told my kids I would give them 20 or 30 minutes to play together before quiet time. My daughter emphatically said, “TWENTY minutes, Mom.” I politely informed her that 30 was longer than 20, after which she quickly changed her mind.
I linked it to facebook, too.
These would be great for my preschool.
I would love to have this to use in my home. I have two very young children that have a rough time ending play time and getting ready for bed. I think this would be a huge help. I love the ideas others had about using for my one-on-one time with each of them and using it to teach sharing.