AROUND THE CLOCK TV

Thread 2 foam beads on the fastener’s prongs: The back is done, time to put two clock circles together! Push a brass fastener through the clock face’s slit (you might need to enlarge the slit a little with a pair of scissors).

If you want to follow the order of the characters in the book, the mouse should go first, followed by the cat, dog, bees, and hen. If the sticks are taped on the opposite side, they will rub and bump into your hand while you’re operating the clock. Note – the craft sticks need to be on the same side as the toilet paper tube handle. Tape the craft sticks to the cardboard circle.

We experimented and found that was the best handle position for cranking the clock.Ĭut and color the animals from the template, and tape (or glue) them onto the ends of the craft sticks. Make sure there’s plenty of room at the bottom of the craft sticks – you’ll need some space to attach the sticks to the clock. You’ll notice that the toilet paper handle gets glued on the perimeter of the cardboard circle. Then bend the tabs outward and hot glue the toilet paper tube to the back of the second cardboard circle: Cut four, 1.5″ tabs in the end of a toilet paper tube.

Set the finished clock face aside for a moment. You really want the barn to stick because later, it can be used as a carrying handle for your clock! Here’s what the finished clock face looks like: I highly recommend attaching the barn with hot glue. Use markers to add outlines to the barn.Īttach the barn to the back of the clock face, right above the number 12. Next, trace the barn shape from the clock pieces template onto red poster board. You can use markers to add flourishes to the clock face as well (we, for example, added a striped border). The bottom cardboard circle is the back of the clock.įirst, the clock face! Cut, color, and glue (or tape) the numbers from the clock numbers template to the first cardboard circle. The top cardboard circle is the clock face.

Scissors, tape, and glue for constructionīegin by stacking both circles on top of one another, and using a box cutter to cut a slit in the middle of both.

1 clock pieces template, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock.

1 clock numbers template, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock.

2 corrugated cardboard circles (I used 14″ cake circles).

Many sought me out after story time to thank me for such a fun introduction to numbers, clocks, and time. Kids loved this clock project, but parents were especially thrilled. But at 1am, the clock strikes, and guess who’s in the wrong place at the wrong time again? A chase ensues that involves the mouse, the cat, the dog, some bees, the hen, the farmer’s wife, the farmer’s son, and the farmer! By 11pm, everyone is exhausted. It’s 1pm and a mouse makes an untimely dash at just the wrong moment, catching the attention of the cat. We read The Clock Struck One, written by Trudy Harris, and illustrated by Carrie Hartman (Millbrook Press, 2009). The task force also recommends maintaining funding for around-the-clock staffing at domestic violence shelter.Go beyond Hickory Dickory Dock with this clever crank clock! Turn the handle on the back to send the characters dashing around the numbers and through the big red barn (scroll to the bottom of the post to see it in action)! Īs it happens, Mr Murakami employed more than 200 craftsmen working round the clock. Īnd around the clock is occasionally used as the phrasal adjective-for example:Īfter emerging from a coma he was discharged from hospital but would require around-the-clock care. In British English, where round is often used in place of around, round the clock is often used adverbially-for example:Ĭhinese and German scientists have been working round the clock to identify the strain. ĪI applications can monitor communications around the clock to hunt suspects or detect terrorist plots. So, it’s something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn’t compute with our existing educational system. Īnd these writers use around the clock adverbially:

AROUND THE CLOCK TV

In January, Winfrey launched her own TV network, which will offer round-the-clock lifestyle programmes. These writers use round-the-clock as a phrasal adjective:īut after three years of round-the-clock work by 3,000 Irishmen, the liner was going into the water all the same. In these cases, around the clock should not be hyphenated-e.g., activities taking place around the clock. Around the clock appears more often as an adverbial phrase, usually following the verb it modifies. In these cases, it should be hyphenated-e.g., round-the-clock monitoring, round-the-clock activities. Round the clock is more often used as a phrasal adjective preceding a noun.