Learning Resources Time Tracker Visual Timer & Clock - 1 Piece, Classroom Tracker, Alarm Clock, Light Up Timer for Classroom, Visual Tracker

UPDATE (NOV 2013): We had another child in March of 2012 and he has finally reached the age where he is chatting a lot, very interested (in EVERYTHING), can communicate with us (modestly), and we can in turn communicate back to him. I love 18 months old!!! Due to the structure of our home, we decided to setup his crib in our bedroom. It has been working out very well, but in the past couple months he has been waking up at a ridiculous hour (5am or earlier) and will not stay quiet. If I get out of bed and talk to him, cover him up with his blankie, and say "It's night-night time..." he WILL lie there quietly until our alarm goes off or one of us gets up to go to the bathroom. Because of his responsiveness to my chats, I decided to break out our Time Tracker once again. It has been in a drawer since our other Son turned 4 years old and outgrew time outs and sleeping timers. I set the Time Tracker the same way I did for our other Son (12 hrs Green; 50 seconds Yellow; 10 seconds Red...yes, this Boy will sleep from 6:30pm to 6:30am, no problem). On the first and second night we setup the Time Tracker, our Baby Boy thought it was fun to point at and scream. But he soon lost interest in it and now I can turn it on, put him down for sleep, and if he wakes up before the designated time (6:30am) and starts making noise, I walk to his cribside, remind him that "Green Light is Night-Night" and he will honest-to-goodness either go back to sleep or just lay in the crib with his blankie & stuffed animal, sucking his thumb, and stay quiet until the Time Tracker turns Yellow (and then Red). Most times he is awake and starts yelling once the Tracker turns Yellow because he is excited to wake up. But some other times, he falls back asleep and he completely misses the Tracker turning Yellow or Red (no issue there...if he's asleep, we let him sleep!). The Time Tracker has worked for both of our boys and we've definitely gotten our milage out of it considering I bought it back in 2009. I'll probably use it once our youngest is old enough for Time Outs too. And once I pulled the device out of the old junk drawer, I had no problems remembering how to set and reset it...it really is a great device for kids! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- After reading many of the negative reviews on the Learning Resource Time Tracker, I was hesitant to buy it thinking it would break right out of the box. Not true at all. In fact, while it is not the most quality product I've ever purchased for my 2 1/2 year old son, it is definitely not the worst. It is what it is...and it does what it does...and it does both very well. I first saw the product on Nanny 911 and I did think about it again until I started having difficulty keeping my son in his time out spot without having to sit right next to him to keep him there. I combined the Time Tracker with the Take Out Time Out mat (overpriced, but cute) and now I hardly have any problems with him finishing his time outs. He thinks time outs are interesting now and he cannot wait to finish and hear the "Time's Up!" announcement so he can play again, while knowing that we are happy with him for doing his duty. While the Time Tracker may not be the easiest thing to program, as others have said, once you do it once it's pretty easy. I have gotten so used to it that I can change the timer from time out, to nap time, to overnight sleep time in less than a minute. I set it to all green on "manual setting" and only make it turn yellow for the last 50 seconds, and red the last 10 seconds. Seriously, those reviewers who say it's difficult are simply techno-phobic or lazy. It's not hard and all...and my son loves knowing that there is a set time on all of his duties. Hearing "Time's Up!" is one of his favorite things now. Finally, again on quality, this is not a toy. Do not let your kids play with it or it will cease to work. Let them see it, touch it, but only once. Tell them it is not a toy and keep it out of reach. It will break if dropped, so my solution is to not drop it. Problem solved. Get this product. It's pretty darn cool...

We have a child with special needs, so we live off of timers and warnings (especially visual) around our house. This one has been amazing because it can go up to 24 hours. We use it to help show him when it's time to get dressed and go swimming some evenings, when it's okay to knock on our door to play in the mornings, and all sorts of other things. The "yellow" function is wonderful -- we can adjust it to as many minutes as we want, so we usually use it as our "getting ready" time when leaving for somewhere (i.e. at yellow, he can get in the car and wait, or change into swim suit, or bathroom time before riding bikes, etc.) My ONLY complaint is that "red" is the end of the timer instead of "green," as we tend to use it more for "it's time to do xyz now!" But he gets the idea. It's been thrown and hasn't broken! :) Also, read the instructions carefully. It's not intuitive (which is nice because he can't easily change it...) but we figured it out pretty quickly.

First one sent: the timer/clock worked, but the lights and sounds did not. Returned and reordered. New one arrived in just a couple of days and it works perfectly in the one day we have had it. My son is autistic and responds well to visual cues so I decided to purchase this to help him organize his time better. He loves it. He kept running over to check how much time was left on the display. When it changed colors he became so excited. Very cute. My only gripe is that it is pretty complicated to figure out. I did it without the instructions, so it wasn't impossible, but it still is complicated. I do like that each stage (green, yellow, red) can be programmed in hours, minutes and seconds individually. So if I want my son to read for 20 minutes I can set it on green for 15 min and 30 seconds, than yellow for 4 min 30 seconds, and then red for just 10 seconds. If I have problems in the future I will update this post.

Bought this for niece who has autism. This timer has helped her learn that she needs to finish a task and help with waiting. The colors are bright and the sound is loud enough to hear across the room. Came with instructions and easy to read and set up. Good for kids and those who are on the spectrum. I can see teachers use this to help students as well. Can be good for adults who don't want to rely on phones or tablets.

The timer has worked really well for the month we have had it- and hopefully it will work for a long, long time! My 4-year-old was having a hard time being patient during quiet time since he had no concept of how long he had left. So this timer is perfect since he can see when he is almost done (yellow light). The timer is pretty easy to set and even easier to turn on. To initially set up the manual timer (where you can choose how many minutes the green light stays on, how many minutes for yellow, and how many for red) or the automatic timer (where you choose the total time length, like 1 hour, and it's automatically divided up into 80% green 15% yellow 5% red or something like that), it takes more button-pushing. But once you have that set, you just have to push menu, arrow over to your selected timer, push enter, and push start. So turning on the timer takes about 4 seconds. And you can turn it off mid-timer by holding down the menu button- handy, but make sure your kid doesn't figure that out :) Overall, it's a really helpful visual timer, especially with its "almost-there" yellow light, and we have had a great experience with it so far. Highly recommended, especially for little boys who love cars and stoplights like my boys do.

I hesitated to buy this for years due to the negative comments but I'm so glad I finally did! I find it easy to use (takes a couple seconds to set). I like that it is battery operated, I personally wouldn't use the ac very much as I need it to be portable. It has a sound when the colour changes and when the time runs out, there is a volume control to adjust it for those who are noise sensitive. Overall I am very happy with it! It has really helped my child that struggles with transitions and is very visual. I think it is great for any child but is particularly useful for those that have adhd/autism.

Aunque debes usar dos tipos de pilas, una para la pantalla del reloj digital y otras para el semáforo

Wir haben den Timer gekauft, da unser Kind sehr viel Struktur benötigt und grade Zeit für Kinder kaum greifbar ist. Die Zeiten sind variabel und von kurzer Dauer (1 Min) bis zu 23:59 Std. einstellbar. Der Timer lässt sich leicht bedienen. Wie bei einer Ampel visualisiert der Timer den Zeitablauf. In der Auto- Timer Einstellung teilt er selbst die Zeiten zu in welcher er von grün auf Orange und von Orange auf rot umschaltet. Zusätzlich lässt sich ein Signal abspielen oder ausschalten (Ton ausdrehen). Uns erleichtert er den Alltag und das Kind ist entspannter.

Ideal para marcarle el tiempo a los peques- Puedes darle el tiempo que quieras a cada color o, sencillamente, tiene una opción para poner el tiempo total y ya el el semáforo se regula solo para darle la mayor parte del tiempo al verde, un poco al ámbar y algunos segundos al rojo. Es muy visual, para los niños va de maravilla. Incluso lo pueden usar cuando crecen o hasta los adultos. También puedes ver la hora. Y tiene aviso sonoro. Genial.

Je kan elke kleur apart instellen. Als de tijd bijna om is gaat de kleur knipperen. Je kan het geluid uitzetten.