Egg Timers for Time Management?

[mellifera33]

As I do my quarterly overhaul (lol, not really, but it feels like it sometimes!) of our homeschool, I am wondering if anybody has used a set of hourglass-style egg timers to help their kids with EF issues be better able to estimate time elapsed or needed for a task, or to encourage focus for set amounts of time. I am looking at a set that contains 30s, 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m, and 10m timers. This style of timer seems like a good concrete representation of various amounts of time, and seems like it would be useful for chopping unpleasant tasks into manageable bites. Has anyone used these or something similar? Thanks. :)

 

Edited May 27, 2016 by mellifera33

[wapiti]

You might take a look at http://www.timetimer.com

[Arcadia]

My DS10 asked me to use a 1 minute timer app on my ipad when he tried the ACT practice tests.  The timer just beep every minute.  He was much faster.  A metronome (app and real) works just as well for him.

 

We have hourglass sand timers because kids love looking at those.  They are distracting though. My oldest like countdown timers but he doesn't have EF issues.  My DS10 who needs EF help likes audio beeps because they are not distracting.

[Lecka]

For apps, look at visual timers, too. They are like the time timer but as an app.

[Heathermomster]

No, DS uses a 60 min analog kitchen timer.

 

Please update us and let us know how the hour glass timers work out for you.

[Lecka]

You might also Google "self-monitoring" or "self-monitoring strategies" or "self-monitoring ADHD" and see if you find any self-monitoring strategies that way that you like.

 

Maybe Google with "on-task behavior." I am not sure what other good search terms are, but that might get you some helpful links.

[Bookworm4]

We got a time timer a couple months ago. Ours can be set in from 1 to 60 minutes. It has been very helpful.

[PeterPan]

You might get just *one* of the sand timers if they call to you.  I got a 5 minute one, and while it's cool, you can't tell when it goes off.  Apps like Time Timer are much more practical.  We use a mixture of things.  His kindle has alarms, so a lot of our overall structure is put into his kindle as alarms.  Then for brief things I use the timer on my phone or the stove or the sand timer or...