Time and Getting Ready
Aligned to JS:FD-K2 — Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education & Advance CTE Career Clusters.
What this lesson teaches
Being on time starts with knowing how long things take. Most people are late not because they are slow, but because they guessed wrong about how long getting ready would take. Working backward from when you must leave is the trick.
Worked examples
Example 1
If the bus comes at 8:00 and breakfast takes 15 minutes, you have to be at the table by 7:45 — not walking toward it.
Example 2
Laying out your clothes the night before removes a whole step from the morning, when there is the least time.
Example 3
Guess how long brushing your teeth takes, then time it. Most people guess much shorter than the real answer.
Practice questions
- What time do you have to leave in the morning? Work backward one step.
- Time yourself doing one morning task. Were you close?
- Name one thing you could do the night before to save time.
Watch the lesson
Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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El tiempo y estar listo
Llegar a tiempo empieza por saber cuánto tardan las cosas. La mayoría de la gente llega tarde no porque sea lenta, sino porque calculó mal cuánto tardaría en arreglarse. El truco es contar hacia atrás desde la hora en que debes salir.
Ejemplo 1: Si el autobús pasa a las 8:00 y el desayuno toma 15 minutos, tienes que estar en la mesa a las 7:45 — no caminando hacia ella.
Ejemplo 2: Dejar tu ropa lista la noche anterior quita un paso completo de la mañana, cuando hay menos tiempo.
Ejemplo 3: Calcula cuánto tardas en lavarte los dientes y luego tómate el tiempo. Casi todos calculan mucho menos de lo real.
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