GAME:  What time is it Mr. Fox?
 The designated Mr. Fox stands about 25-30 feet from the other
  children. The children are in a line.  They ask, "What time is it Mr. Fox?
  He replies, " one o'clock.
 The children keep asking and every time Mr. Fox answers, they take a
 step closer to him.   Finally Mr. Fox replies, Dinner time!"  As the children
 scamper back to the safe line, Mr. fox tries to touch all he can for
 his dinner.

 FINGERPLAY
 _________ (use child's name) is going to bed,
 Down on the pillow he lays his head,
 (palms together at side of head)
 Wraps himself in his blankets tight,
 (hands folded across chest)
 And this is the way he sleeps all night.
 Morning comes. He opens his eyes
 (sit up tall and blink eyes)
 Back with a toss the covers fly,
 (spread arms apart quicklly)
 Soon he is up and dressed for play,
 Ready for school and a bright new day.
      -  by Maude Burnham

 I also found these ideas for teaching time in The Teacher's Idea Book, (a
High Scope book). Instead of focusing on formal time intervals, this book
suggests ways for children to notice periods of time.   Elaine in OR

 Art Area -  Provide the children with a coice of easel paint,
  mixed thin and thick.
 Talk about which paint takes the longest to dry.

 Set out crayons and paper.  have the children color while listening to fast
and slow music.  Encourage them to color fast, or slow, with the speed of the
music.

 Sensory Tub: In your sand area, sdd containers that have different sized
holes in them and describe the different rates for the sand to shift through.

 Science- grow mung bean and alfalfa sprouts.  Encourage the children
 to check, discuss and represent their growth each day.
 Serve them on cheese sandwiches for a healthy snack, and encourage
 the children to recall how long they took to grow.

 At the children's eye level, hang a modified clock next to the regular clock.
 The modified clock follows your class schedule.  It is divided into a pie
chart, which each segment proportionate to the amount of time the class
activity requires.  Label the segments with both pictures and words.

 Add sand timers to work areas, like puzzles and bead stringing.  Encourage
the children to time themselves - how long does it take to finish a bead
necklace or puzzle, etc.?

 The book shows a  picture of big sand timer made out of plastic soda bottles
neck to neck. There are no instructions, but it looks like the bottles area
taped together, and then taped between two wood dowels (about 1 inch in diam.)
to stand it up.  I think wider PVC would work better as the stand - maybe.

 Do a cooking activity that involves a sequence of events. Take poloroid
photos of each event, for ex. mixing the ingredients, pouring batter into a
pan, setting the pan into the oven, eating the cooled cake.  Help the children
recall the sequence of events by asking "What did we put into the bowl first?,
etc.
 Display the photos in sequence, left to right.

 Have the children dance to music.   The children freeze, when the music
 is stopped, and start dancing again, when the music starts.

 Count down calendars:
 Make a PAPER CHAIN with five links to represent the days of the school week.
 At the end of each day, choose one child to cut off one of the links.
 You can use longer chains to represent longer time periods leading up to a
special event (such as a child's birthday).

 Instead of a paper chain, put five smooth rocks into a clear plastic jar.
Remove one rock at the end of each day.

 OR ona bulletin board, tack up five balloons (blown up), and at the end of
each day, pop one.

 Before a holiday (or even the weekend) tape record the children telling you
what they PLAN to do on the holiday or on the weekend.

 After a holiday or special occasion, ask the children to descibe what the day
was like for them.  Play their tape recorded plans to compare.

 After a special day, such as Easter, do follow up activities, such as eating
handboiled eggs for snack, and using the shells and easter grass for a
collage.

 Observe seasonal changes - add budding forsythia branches and pussywillows to
your house area and wash and talke about the
 buds as they change to flowers and Pussywillows.

 Adopt a neighborhood tree - Walk the children around the tree to observe it,
 take photos of it, and then help the children notice how the tree changes
throughout the year.
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Books about time:
What Time Is It   Judith Grey
Time To.......    Bruce McMillan
See You Tomorrow Charles Lillian Hoban
Tick Tock Clock Sharon Gordon