Sometimes five minutes feels like an eternity … but this cheerful hourglass suddenly makes waiting fun!
The 5-minute hourglass gives children a clear, visual sense of time and helps them gain a grip on time, routines, and self-regulation.
The slowly settling sand helps you visualize how long five minutes are. An ideal tool for home, classroom, or therapy rooms. Perfect for brushing teeth, limiting screen time, tidying up together, waiting exercises, or time-sensitive games.

Advantages
- Makes time visible and predictable
- Stimulates self-regulation and executive functions (inhibition, planning, task-oriented work)
- Soothing due to the visual stimulus
- Handy and sturdy: easy to carry

Play suggestion: Have your child estimate which activity will take exactly five minutes. Can they complete a small task or puzzle within the allotted time?

You will notice that children experience more structure, peace and overview by looking at the hourglass.