Okay. It's to help them pull it together while they're in time out. It's actually very relaxing to watch glitter float slowly down into the bottom of the bottle. I've heard that these timers have all sorts of names: Groovy Glitter Globes... Astrological Awesome-ness... Starry Night....somethings..... I dunno. But I have two plans for the one I made:
1. I plan on trying it with my boy first. He's alllllllllmost 4 and LOVING timeouts (don't let that drop of sarcasm hit you). My hope is that he'll be distracted by shiny things like his mama and timeouts will be super rad now. My fear is that he will figure out how to open the bottle despite the use of Gorilla Glue and my house will become one gigantic shiny thing.
2. This year I had some kiddos in my class who could have used a timeout or two - not necessarily for bad behavior but to have a moment to regroup and pull themselves together. Knowing what I know about the incoming kiddos.... Someone's gonna need some serious Astrological Awesome-ness.
Maybe I'll make a couple more.
Anyway, here's a couple pictures of the finished product. You can get the directions to make one of your own HERE or you can search around Pinterest (swoon!) and find a bunch of different "recipes".
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| Just beginning to settle... |
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| Fully settled - took about 3 min. |
***Oh! Quick note: I used blue glitter glue, fine silver glitter, and some coarse green glitter. The thing is.... My glitter never FULLY settles.... there's always a little just kind of suspended in the bottle. It's up to you how you use this information but it's helpful to keep in mind when you give the bottle to a student and tell him that he can't come back to the group until ALL the glitter has settled..... Just sayin'. Choose wisely, my friends.
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