Mysterious and a little mystical phrase "tape of time" causes various associations. Romantic images are presented to someone, another draws history pictures in the imagination. But what it actually?
As the tape of time looks
The fact is that time – a concept quite abstract. If to speak it is absolutely frank, it does not exist at all. The person thought up category "time" for own convenience. And as in consciousness it is strongly put that the past was long ago and is somewhere behind, and the future is to what it is necessary to go, nothing surprising, as time is perceived as a certain line.
A year ago on it will be somewhere away, and each next month gradually will begin to come to the central point – the present. Actually, what you presented now – and is a tape of time. The certain line allowing to record visually any events in life rather each other.
Types of tapes of time
Tapes of time can be different. Most often, the tape reminding a coordinate axis is used. The present moment undertakes zero, towards positive values the future, towards negative – the past moves. The tape of this kind – is most universal. On it it is possible to arrange last events and also what has to happen in the near future. Use such schedules most often for planning of own time or creation of the purposes and tasks. You at the same time can see what was already reached, and what it is necessary to aspire to. The tape of time of other type of zero division does not mean. Such schedule may contain only a dates of the past and to come to an end on the present moment, or just to reflect events of a certain historical period. For designation of various historical dates such tapes most often are also used. Today there was fashionable one more tape of time – a ruler. This simple computer application is available in different types and is created only to count the number of days from some certain date. That is, the tape of time comprises the last period and fades on the present. Many use rulers that to within day to know age of the child or time spent in the relations with darling.
Tape of time for children
It is necessary to tell about advantage of a tape of time in educational process. If your child draws important historical events on the temporary line, it will be much simpler to remember them to him. Besides, such scheme if to make it bright and interesting, will become an amusing game and will allow to bring creativity elements in training process.