Five Minute Sand Timer

Description

Sand timers provide a visual representation of a period of time and children respond incredibly well  when they’re used in a variety of contexts

Activities in school and at home –

• Use it to time participation in games.
• To help children calm down by taking ‘time out’ when upset.
• To develop the awareness of  the length of five minutes.
• To  motivate as the student engages in ‘beat the clock ‘activities.
• Classroom management- setting a target time for pupils to enter class and settled down.
• Use to time an oral presentation.
• Use in timed tests.
• Use in teaching analogue clock- how minutes work