A minute is like a tiny piece of time. Imagine you have a big pie, and you cut it into 60 equal pieces. Each piece is a minute. When you look at a clock, the big hand moves from one number to the next, and that takes one minute. It’s like a game where you count to 60, and when you finish, one minute has passed.
Think of a minute as a quick race. If you run really fast, you might run from one end of the playground to the other in about a minute. It’s not a long time, just a little bit of time to do something small, like tying your shoes or drawing a quick picture.
Sometimes, a minute is like a short song. If you sing a song like “Happy Birthday,” it might take about a minute to sing it all. So, when someone says, “Wait a minute,” they mean you should wait for the time it takes to sing a short song. A minute is a small part of an hour, and it helps us know what time it is and how long things take.