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A visible countdown does something a spoken warning cannot: it makes the end of an activity a fact rather than a decision. Five more minutes announced from the kitchen is an opening offer. Five minutes on a screen everyone can see is simply what is happening, and the argument that follows is with the timer rather than with you.
It works for the usual flashpoints: the end of screen time, taking turns with one toy, tidying before dinner, brushing teeth, waiting for something in the oven. Younger children who cannot read the numbers still read the shrinking progress bar underneath, which is often enough.
The tip: hand over the starting. Let the child press start, and say what happens when it rings before it starts rather than after. Both halves matter: the first gives them a part in it, and the second means the ring announces something already agreed instead of introducing something new.
Press F for fullscreen so the digits are readable from across the room, and use the sound button if the alarm is too much for a young child at the end of a tired day.
The bar under the digits empties as the time runs out, which is usually enough. Pointing at it once at the start helps more than explaining the numbers.
No. There are no ads, no links inside the timer, no videos and no account. The page is a countdown and nothing else.
Tap the minutes on the readout and type the number you want. For a link that always opens at the same length, put it in the address instead: ?t=2m for a short turn, ?t=15m for tidying.