August tip of the month

One of the best investments you can make when it comes to managing your children's time and helping them to focus and stay on task is a timer. Timers can be used for many things and are very inexpensive. Some of the things we use our timer for:

~helping kids remember when to get out of the shower or tub
~giving 5 more minutes for play before moving to schoolwork or cleaning
~doing a quick 10 minute tidying of the house
~5 minute math drills
~controlling computer time
~timing our tea :-) ( I am currently using my time to time Daniel's cup of Birthday tea, and yes, it IS his birthday today!)

These activities and many more can be made more pleasant and easier to manage with the use of a timer. As a matter of fact, go ahead and buy one for each child, AND one for you!