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Dry Erase Wall Clock

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Young kids can have a hard time understanding the concepts of time and waiting much less how to tell time on a clock. How many times have you heard, "how long until X?" or "when are we going to Y?" [insert whiny voices]. This dry erase wall clock is meant to help adults jot down time-sensitive memos to themselves, but we've doctored the image to show how it could be used to help kids (maybe) wait more patiently.

 
 

For sale at the MoMa Store for $135 - ouch - this seems like a good candidate for a diy project using a clock kit and a cheapo dry erase board or IdeaPaint.

What strategies do you use for helping your kids understand waiting?


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decorative accessories & pillows, clock, time, dry erase

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Love this idea! When I was teaching preschoolers, I painted the hands of a cheap-o clock two different colors. It really helped the kids tell the difference between the big and little hand on the clock. I bet that would be helpful with a wipe-off clock face too - "when the blue hand is pointing to the word park, that's when we'll go!"

posted by AychJE on May 18th 2009 at 11:17am
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I have to agree that $135 is too much for the MOMA clock.

I would LOVE to see DIY versions and how much parents spent making them!!!

posted by stickyricemama on May 18th 2009 at 3:44pm
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