It's 30 o'clock!
The boy has been trying to tell time lately. �Not long ago he would tell me, It's 30 o'clock mom! �Now he's making up "real" times. �He tells me it's 9:00 any time after dinner. �Bedtime is 9 o'clock. �He tells me it's 11:30 various times of morning. �He has always had his own internal clock. �He would ask "where's da-da" an hour before he got off work every day like clockwork when he a year and a half or so. �He knows when it's time for bed.
I bought a $3 clock from the Family Dollar. �I took it apart. �I painted both hands with Wite-Out. �I wiggled the second hand with a pair of tools until they broke. � I made the big hand orange and the little hand green. �I outlined the hours on the face green. �I wrote #s 1-59 with a red ball point pen in the little black dashes on the edge. �
I like it better than a Judy clock because this clock, mounted at his own eye level in the living room, will give him the real time throughout his day.
This is my own clock. �He was trying to teach himself to tell time with this:
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad296/Hablame_today/a2e6a2d9.jpgHere's the clock I just made.
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad296/Hablame_today/ce97be5b.jpgHe seems to like it. �He started using it to tell time right away.
