Drawing Activities

1. Draw your own clock face and clock. Make the face funny, sad, angry, surprised, etc. Get creative with the clock hands. In the story, many clocks have two sets of hands, i.e., the real ones on their faces and the imaginary ones on their sides. Feel free to put your clock in a fun pose or give it accessories such as a hat or jewelry. Then give your clock a name. (While drawing, possibly play in the background the Misbehaving Clocks narration with music.)

2. Choose an object in the real world that does not have a face, and put a funny face on it. Cartoonists do this all the time with objects, e.g., cars, vegetables and even sponges. Maybe put a face on an object that you haven’t seen a face on in cartoons.

Interactive Activities

1. Look at all the clock faces in the book very carefully. Then choose your favorite one and share in a small group (or one-on-one with a classmate) why you especially like that one. Or share which clock you would be if you were a clock and explain why.

2. Play the “London Bridge” game. Learn how to play the game at:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2085902_play-london-bridge-falling-down.html