MeloTimer: Routine Timer

A clock a child can read before they can read. MeloTimer turns a morning into a ring of colour. Name the steps — breakfast, toilet, get dressed, shoes — give each one a length and a colour, then press play. The pie empties in real time, a sound cues each change, and nobody has to ask how much longer. WRITE THE ROUTINE ONCE Name each step, pick one of ten colours, set how long it takes, drag to reorder. A routine is yours for every weekday after that. Ready-made ones are there to start from: school morning, bedtime, homework with breaks, tidy-up time. A CLOCK WITHOUT NUMBERS Time left is an area, not a digit. The wedge shrinks, the hand sweeps, and the colours say which step is which. A child who cannot yet read a clock face can still see that the red part is nearly gone. CUES, NOT ALARMS Pick a sound and when it plays: at the start of a step, at its end, a set time after the start, or a…