Child activity timer

Details Child activity timer Child activity timer

1990-10-16

1991-09-03

Apley, Richard J.

Education and demonstration

Telling time or calendar reading

446397, 368 45, 368223, 368233, G09B 1912

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050449613

ABSTRACT:
A timer for teaching young children the concept of time is described. The timer includes a timing mechanism contained within a housing having a timer dial and activity selector. The timer dial permits selection of a duration of predetermined length and includes an indicator which moves in relation to a time scale to graphically illustrate the change in duration of length. The activity selector permits display of a graphic representation of the activity being timed or for which the child is waiting.

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1 page of commercially available children's clocks and timers.
Christophersen, Edward R., Little People: A Commonsense Guide to Child Rearing (3rd ed.), Westport Publishers, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. (1988), pp. 151-154.

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