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Materials

Items that tell time, such as clocks, stopwatches, hourglasses, and timers

Instructions

1. Ask children how long they think a minute is. What could they do in one minute?2. Explain how long a minute is and ask then count together to 60 to demonstrate.

3. Ask again what they could do in a minute.

4. Have the children watch the clock for one minute. Point out how the second hand has to travel all the way around one time.

5. Set the timer for one minute. Ask the children to sit without making a sound until the timer rings.

6. Ask again, "What else can you do in one minute?" Challenge them to come up with other things they can get done in one minute.

7. Have the children try different movements, starting when you say, "Go," and stopping after one minute, when you say "Stop." (For example, clapping hands, jumping up and down, patting their heads, and so on).

8. Ask the children if a minute would be the same amount of time if you counted to 60 fast or slow.

9. Show the children the various items that tell time. Demonstrate how each works.

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