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- A plastic lid\/ sturdy disposable plate<\/li>\n
- cardboard pieces<\/li>\n
- 1 x brass paper fastener<\/li>\n
- colour paper<\/li>\n
- coloring material<\/li>\n
- double-sided tape<\/li>\n
- scissors<\/li>\n
- philips screwdriver or anything pointy<\/li>\n
- twine<\/li>\n
- a working analogue clock\/alarm clock for reference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- We used a plastic lid as I wanted the clock to be sturdy and not look too big when she wears it round her neck\/fit into her craft apron.<\/li>\n
- Get kiddo to trace a circle out of the lid on a piece of coloured paper of her choice. Then kiddo cuts the circle (again, good time to practice handling a scissors, i.e follow and cut along a drawn line). This circle will be the hour layer.<\/li>\n
- While she’s at it, cut out the hour and minute hands from cardboard pieces and another larger circle for the minute layer.<\/li>\n
- Put a hole through the centre of the lid, hour and minute layers and one end of the cardboard hands with the screwdriver\/pointy tool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Now it’s ready to start involving\/teaching\/revising about numbers, sequences and time as kiddo makes the clock.<\/p>\n
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- Fold the circle coloured paper into quarters. Once it is unfolded, there’ll be a cross on the paper.<\/li>\n
- While referring to the real clock, ask kiddo to identify which numbers match these 4 folded points (12, 3, 6, 9).<\/li>\n
- Using 1 colour (e.g. black) get her to write\/scrawl\/copy these numbers on the 4 folded points.<\/li>\n
- DO NOT BOTHER TOO MUCH ABOUT THE NUMERALS BEING WRITTEN IN DIFFERENT SIZES. As long as they are in the general location of the correct positions, it’s fine.<\/li>\n
- Fold the paper again into quarters on the previously unfolded area (ie the diagonals).<\/li>\n
- This time, locate the rest of the numbers on the clock and use another coloured pen\/marker to write\/scrawl them on, using the new folds as a guide to where kiddo should be placing the numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Colour the minute and hour hands in different colours. Draw in directional arrows to indicate which way they should be turning.<\/li>\n
- Label the numbers on the minute layer. This layer will be fixed behind the hour layer and lid.<\/li>\n
- Punch a hole at one end of the lid (preferably at 6 or 12) and tie the twine through. Make sure the twine hoop is long enough to allow kiddo to wear round the neck comfortably.<\/li>\n
- Adhere the hour and minute layers to the lid with double-sided tape and fasten the minute & hour hands into the clockface with the brass fastener.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Kiddo is seen below testing the length of twine on her new clock (& she’s also wearing her jellyfish hat made of strips from plastic bags and paper plate).<\/p>\n
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- Snip off small markers\/draw in arrows along the numbers on the hour layer.<\/li>\n
- Use some leftover stickers to create a common visual element between the minute hand and the numbers on the minute layer. Reckon this helps kiddo relate and read the minutes.<\/li>\n
- Chinese numerals can be written if it helps with what you want to teach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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