Whether you are introducing time as a concept to young children, or making sure that your students can understand time through real-world examples, learning clocks are an excellent time-teaching tool. Learning clocks not only help children tell the time, but are also an effective way to introduce maths concepts such as fractions, addition and subtraction.
If you are searching for useful resources and practical tips to make the most of the learning clocks in your classroom, read on.
Time teaching
Our colourful, engaging classroom learning clocks are an excellent tool for introducing the concept of time to students. These clocks are designed to include all the information that a child needs to learn to tell time, including clearly-marked minutes, ten-minute blocks, and ‘past/to’ indicators. These straightforward visuals make it easier for children to understand and engage with the concept of time, and these time-telling skills can subsequently be applied to many mathematical activities. This can include addition and subtraction, as pupils can use the clock to add and subtract by counting minutes and hours. For example, if it is currently 10 past the hour, you can ask the children to add five minutes, which is easily achieved on our clocks.
Link to the curriculum
Our learning clocks come with curriculum notes printed on the back, making it easier for you to deliver a detailed and accessible time-telling demonstration that is linked to the curriculum. This ensures that you are teaching your students time in a way that is consistent with the expectations of their education.
The school day
Another effective way to use our learning clocks in the classroom is to link time-telling activities to the school day. Young children are more likely to engage with a concept if they can see how it relates to their own experiences, and using the clock to demonstrate their own timetable is an effective time-teaching strategy. This can be done by demonstrating when lunchtime, breaktime, or lessons begin and end, as well as encouraging them to tell the time of these scheduled activities themselves.
Pair with games
Using learning clocks as part of an educational game is another effective way to engage your students and in learning to tell time. Our TwinTime cards are perfect for this, as you set a time and ask your pupils to replicate it on their own cards, with space for them to also write in the analogue or digital time.
There are several different ways to make this game more engaging and challenging, including having the pupils work in pairs or small groups to see who can replicate the time the fastest, or who can get the most correct answers in a set amount of time. This makes the challenge of learning to tell the time a collaborative and engaging activity that can be shared with friends.
Support students with dyscalculia
For students with dyscalculia, learning to tell the time can be particularly challenging. If you have pupils with dyscalculia in your classroom, then our learning clocks are an excellent resource to support these students with minimal differentiation. The colourful, clear designs of our clocks break down the concept of time into a straightforward pattern that makes it much easier for children with dyspraxia to engage with time and numbers.
Once your students are comfortable with the basics, you can start to introduce more complex concepts, such as fractions and time zones, with our accessible designs. To support students with dyscalculia, it’s important to be patient and to provide plenty of opportunities for practice and reinforcement, which is made easy with our range of classroom resources.
Conclusion
By linking the clock to the curriculum, incorporating the students timetables, pairing it with games, and supporting students with dyscalculia, you can ensure that your students learn to tell the time in a fun and interactive way. By utilising a learning clock in your classroom, your students can develop their time-telling skills while also engaging in teamwork, friendly competition, physical activity, and memory improvement.
Why not try using learning clocks in your classroom today and see the difference they can make for your students.
When teaching your children the basics of maths, tell the time clocks are a great resource to start with. By helping them understand and explain time, these clocks can introduce your child to maths concepts in an engaging and accessible way that gets their learning off to the best start. If you are searching for resources to support your child’s learning, EasyRead is here to help with a range of time teaching clocks and resources.
How do tell the time clocks support learning?
Tell the time clocks are excellent tools for teaching children the basics of telling the time, which can also help them with their maths skills. Clocks are often one of the very first experiences that children have with mathematics, and with numbers in general. By learning to tell the time, children can develop the basic mathematical skills needed to understand the progression of time and the number sequence visible on all clocks. Our tell the time clocks clearly detail the 60 minutes of each hour, as well as the 12 hours of the daily cycle, giving children the opportunity to familiarise themselves with these numbers and their connection to each other, before they move on to developing their mathematical skills.
These time telling skills can easily be adapted to teach children the basics of addition and subtraction, as they can use the clock to add and subtract by counting minutes and hours. For example, if it is currently 10 past the hour, you can ask the children to add five minutes, which is easily achieved on our clocks.
Our tell the time clocks
Our time teaching clocks can help children get a head start in understanding maths and telling time. Whether you have a requirement for a wall clock, an alarm clock for your child’s bedside table, or a watch to support their independent learning, our tell the time clocks are simple and detailed resources. We supply both ‘minutes past and to’ the hour, or ’12 /24 hour’ clocks to support you in teaching your child the time using a method that works best for you.
Overall, our tell the time clocks are an excellent way to introduce children to the basics of time telling and maths. By making it easier for them to understand and practise telling the time, the clocks can help children build their confidence and learn the basics of maths in a fun and engaging way.
World Maths Day
As the world’s largest online mathematics competition, World Maths Day is a global celebration of mathematics and an opportunity for children across the world to demonstrate their mathematical capabilities. This year, World Maths Day will be held on Wednesday 23rd March and includes Live Mathletics challenges for millions of students to participate in. As an inclusive celebration, students aged 5 to 18 across the world will be able to access this free competition, as well as students learning from home.
If you are interested in supporting your child’s early mathematical learning, and their time telling ability, ahead of this years’ World Maths Day, view our full range of tell the time clocks today.
Learning how to tell the time can be a challenge for any child, or adult for that matter. As well as being a requirement as part of the primary curriculum, being able to identify time and understand time as a concept is an important part of a child’s development and growth. For those who have dyscalculia, learning how to tell the time is even more challenging, and often requires special accommodations or teaching techniques. It is often hard for parents and caregivers to know how to help a child with dyscalculia learn to tell the time, as the child will engage with clocks and numbers in a different way. Time teaching resources, such as our clocks, games and aids, can make a real difference to their learning, as well as supporting adults with dyscalculia.
What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is often referred to as ‘mathematical dyslexia’, and is a condition that involves difficulty with numbers or mathematics. The most common symptoms of dyscalculia include difficulty performing calculations, counting backwards and understanding place value, as well as weak overall mental arithmetic skills and difficulty remembering basic mathematical facts.
For those with dyscalculia, many daily activities involving numbers become difficult, such as addition and subtraction, paying for goods with cash, and telling the time. There are several practical ways that parents can help a child who struggles to tell the time due to dyscalculia, and one of the most effective is to invest in teaching products and techniques to use at home and in the classroom.
Many of these products can also support adults with dyscalculia who may struggle to tell time, as they are designed to simplify the timetelling process for people of all ages.
How to help a child with dyscalculia
If your child has dyscalculia, or is demonstrating symptoms of dyscalculia, or you yourself require assistance, then our time telling range offers fun and useful assistance in learning how to tell the time.
Clocks
For many children with dyscalculia, the hand placement and basic design of analogue clocks can be very confusing. On almost every clock, there are only 12 numbers, meaning that up to 80% of the information needed to learn how to tell the time is missing. This places those with dyscalculia at an extreme disadvantage and makes telling time a difficult task for people of all ages. Our EasyRead clocks include a clear breakdown of all 60 minutes and can be read in 3 simple steps that can be learnt quickly and memorised for a lifetime, supporting those with dyscalculia from childhood to adulthood.
This will be particularly effective when teaching your child how to recognise numbers that are close to the hour. For many children with dyscalculia, 7:55 and 8:05 will be almost identical to 8:00, so our clocks reduce the confusion around these numbers and will make learning digital time much easier later on.
Our clocks also feature bold and colourful designs and easy to read numbers to encourage engagement. Visual models, as well as engaging designs, break down the wider concept of time and make it much more accessible and easier for people with dyspraxia to tell time by combining numbers and colours in straightforward systems.
Games and Aids
Educational and fun activities are always an effective learning tool, and children with dyscalculia respond particularly well to objects and games that make time telling simple and engaging rather than complicated. Our games encourage children to interact with time and numbers outside of the clock and makes learning time fun and engaging for anyone at any age!
Our games make the challenge of telling time rewarding, rather than daunting, and can be enjoyed during family time or playtime. Many children with dyscalculia often feel confused or embarrassed when learning to tell the time, particularly in school, and our games are a low-stakes alternative to tests or worksheets. If you yourself have dyscalculia, then these games will be an effective and fun way to improve your own time telling abilities whilst supporting your child.
Finding the perfect clock
When teaching young children with dyscalculia to tell the time, or interacting with an adult with dyscalculia, the best resource you can use is a positive and patient mindset. Finding a strategy and resources that work for your child will encourage them to tackle new challenges and boost their confidence when it comes to completing other number-related activities.
To find out more about the features and benefits of our EasyRead clocks, or to discover your preferred time teaching method, please click here.
The New Year is the perfect time to learn a new skill. For children, who can absorb new things like sponges, the learning never stops, and if your child is in primary school, then the chances are they are about to or have already started learning to tell the time. To help them master this skill will ease and confidence, now is a good time to consider buying them their first watch. A children’s first watch should be easy to understand, bold and colourful, to help encourage them to want to tell the time independently. Please read on to find out how our EasyRead first watches can support children in their learning.
Suitable for young learners
Our time teaching watches are suitable for children from 4 years of age, making them the perfect accessory for those starting primary school or moving from reception into Year 1. The clear face design and bold numbers are easy for young children to read and the different coloured styles and straps mean you can tailor the watch to suit your child’s preferences.
Simple time teaching method
Wherever you are in the world and however your child is learning to tell the time, we have a simple time teaching system to help them. Whether it is the ‘past and to’ method of telling the time they need or to express time in terms of 12 and 24 hours, our systems provide simple steps to help build confidence.
Learn more about our time teaching systems here:
No missing information
In the early days of developing our EasyRead time teaching products, we carried out thorough research into why children were falling behind in their learning. We discovered that 80% of the information they need to read the time easily was missing from most watches and clocks. Typically, most watches and clocks will show the numbers for the hours, but not the minutes. They might have line markers indicating where the minutes should be but this is not helpful for children when they are first learning to tell the time, particularly as the hands often fall between two lines.
Our first watches feature all the numbers children need to tell the time and designated areas for each minute, so they can easily read the numbers that the hands tell them, in the right order.
Choosing your child’s first watch
At EasyRead we offer lots of different options when it comes to finding the perfect first watch for your child. You can configure their watch by choosing:
- Standard or camouflage design
- Water resistant or waterproof styles
- Choice of face colours
- Choice of strap colours (with further choices of coloured straps sold separately)
- Time teaching method – either ‘past and to’ or ‘12 & 24 hour’ system
Click here to get started and help your child learn this valuable skill.
Christmas is the perfect opportunity to spend time together as a family, so if you’re looking for an activity the children can get involved with that will also help them learn, try time teaching games. We’ve compiled a list of games you can play with children that are fun as well as educational. So gather the rest of the family and read on.
Time teaching games using our Tell the Time Cards
If you’re lucky enough to already have a set of our Tell the Time Cards in your home, or one found its way into your child’s stocking, then you’re all set for hours of clock face fun. Each pack contains 60 cards showing 15 different times of the day, with 4 duplicates of each time. It’s your job to then create a game that will enable children to match up the times and learn to recognise them. Don’t worry if you can’t think of a game, as these cards have been design to play all the family favourites including:
- Snap – divide the pack between the players and keep the cards face down in a pile. Players take it in turns to turn over one card each and place it in a pile in the centre. If the cards match, the first to shout ‘snap’ takes all the cards in the pile. The winner is the one left with the cards.
- Pairs – turn all the cards face down and lay them out in a square or rectangular grid. Each player has a go to turn over two cards at a time. If they find a matching pair they get to keep them, if they don’t make a match, they turn the cards back over and the turn passes to the next person. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game.
- Bingo – split the deck of cards into two halves, each containing two of each of the different times of day. Choose a dealer who shuffles and deals out all of the cards from one pile to the players. The other pile is the dealer’s hand. Each player looks at their hand, but keeps it hidden from the others. The dealer then turns over cards from their pile, one at a time, calling out the time on the card. If a player has that same time in their hand they place it in front of them face up. The winner is the first player to have all their cards in front of them and yell ‘bingo!’.
Clock games
If you’re hosting the family this Christmas and are wondering how to keep the kids entertained, why not get them to make a giant clock on the floor? You can get them to create numbers from 1 to 12 using craft supplies, or cutting them out from coloured sheets of paper and laying them out on the floor like a clock face. Children then take it in turns to be the hour hand and minute hand, with the others calling out a time of day for them to make.
Countdown to Christmas
If you need something to do in the days leading up to Christmas then why not make a Christmas or New Year countdown clock? Using a paper plate, write out the numbers and create hands which you can fix using a paper fastener split pin so that they turn round. You can then get the kids to countdown to midnight or the time on Christmas morning when you would prefer them to get up. It’s a great way to get them practising reading the time out loud, including what time it is now and how many hours are left.
Use our time teaching watches
If your child has one of our time teaching watches then it’s a great opportunity for them to keep track of the time over Christmas. You can ask them to time how long it takes to put up the Christmas tree, or to let you know when the gingerbread is ready to come out of the oven. You could even use it on Christmas Eve, by stipulating a time they need to be in bed and then getting them to check their watches regularly to read what time it is and to chat about how long they have left before lights out.
Teaching time games for a rainy day
If we end up with a wet and miserable Christmas or you just have one of those days when you don’t really want to go out, our free downloadable time teaching resources make for a great indoor activity. Click here to view our full range of printable resources and keep little ones occupied over the holidays.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from the team at EasyRead 🎅🎄🎁
If you are looking for an educational stocking filler, or something that will have a practical value for a child this Christmas, then look no further than our time teaching watches for children. Designed with simplicity and confidence boosting in mind, these colourful, bold watches are ideal for children aged from 4 years old, who are starting to learn to tell the time at school. Should you be considering putting one under the tree for your child or grandchild this Christmas, here are just a few things to think about when buying children’s watches.
What colour they like
This is the all important factor and at EasyRead we appreciate how particular children can be when it comes to the colours they like, or dislike 😂. That’s why we’ve designed our childrens watches with a choice of faces and coloured straps.
Our children’s watches – clock face choices
You can choose from a rainbow or red and blue face for our standard style watches:
Or, choose from a black or white face for our camouflage style watches:
Our children’s watches – strap colour choices
Standard time teaching watches – come with a choice of lime, navy, pink, red, blue, grey and purple straps.
Camouflage watches – come with a choice of blue camo, green camo or pink camo straps.
Waterproof watches – come with a choice of navy blue or purple straps.
If you can’t find their favourite colour here, why not personalise with one of our coloured extra straps? Sold separately, these straps enable you to customise the watch to suit each child’s preferences. Our full list of extra strap colours are:
- Black
- Blue
- Blue camo
- Green
- Green camo
- Grey
- Lime
- Navy Blue
- Orange
- Pink
- Pink Camo
- Purple
- Red
- Yellow
What method they are using to tell the time
When it comes to choosing watches for children to support their learning, it’s important to know what method they are using to tell the time. Here in the UK, children are generally taught in minutes past and to the hour so our ‘Past & To’ method is the best choice to complement what they are learning in school. Our customers across Europe and worldwide, often prefer to buy watches that help to support children in learning 24 hour time, which is why we also offer our watches with a ‘12 & 24 hour’ time teaching method. Simply select the most appropriate one when you configure your watch.
What they are likely to be doing when wearing the watch
We know that children can be involved in many different activities, so you can’t always plan their outfit and accessories to be suitable. If, however, you know that they take part in water based activities or are likely to be found splashing in a puddle, then our waterproof watches are a good choice.
All of our watches are water resistant, but our waterproof varieties are waterproof to 50 metres and are therefore perfect for little swimmers to keep an eye on the time.
Top tips on gift wrapping watches for children this Christmas
Now that you know the colour, style and functionality you need from our children’s watches, it’s time to get creative with your gift wrapping. All our watches come in a colourful box with a clear pane so you can view the watch face. They’re simple in shape and design and small enough to wrap with those odd bits of wrapping paper you have left over after doing all the big presents, but if you prefer to think outside the box, here are a few creative Christmas wrapping ideas:
- If you are also buying a doll or teddy bear for your young recipient, why not take the watch out of the box and place it on their wrist for a double surprise!
- Use a cardboard tube or rectangular box and place the watch box inside. Cover in crepe paper or wrapping paper and seal the ends with ribbon to make a cracker shaped gift.
- Take a large plastic jar and fill it with pom poms, feathers or other soft craft supplies. Place the watch box in the middle and cover it with the craft items so you can’t see it from the outside. Finish the jar with a ribbon, bow and gift tag or wrap the entire thing for an extra few seconds of fun.
Click here to browse our full range of time teaching watches for children.
We’re living in an increasingly digital world and yet children are still expected to learn to tell the time on an analog clock as part of the primary curriculum. If you rely on your phone, computer screen, or smartwatch to know what time it is, that’s understandable, but in order to help your child learn it’s a good idea to start putting some analog clocks around your home. One great way to support your child’s learning is by putting a clock in their bedroom. Time teaching resources such as our children’s bedside clock can really make a difference to their understanding, and of course, help them to appreciate when is an acceptable time to get out of bed!
The concept of time
Ok, so we may have overexaggerated on the getting out of bed thing. We appreciate that young children are just too excited to start their day to worry about whether the adults have had enough sleep, but that said, having a clock your child can refer to when they wake is the start of building an understanding about the concept of time.
Interactive learning
A child’s alarm clock also has the benefit of being interactive. Not only can they look at the hour and minute hands and large numbers to try to put the elements of time together, but they can also use the button to set and unset the alarm.
Not just an alarm clock!
Our clocks also double as a night light with their built-in LED lighting, so if little ones don’t like sleeping in the dark, they can rely on the gentle glow from their bedside clock to provide some reassuring light.
Improve the bedtime routine
You can use an alarm clock to help a child understand their bedtime routine. For example, you can clearly point out when it is time to brush their teeth or get into bed. This helps them to associate certain routines with particular times of day, and then see what they look like on the clock. As they become more confident, you can ask them to let you know when it’s time to grab their toothbrush or get dressed ready for bed.
What to look for in a child’s alarm clock
For young children who are just starting to learn to tell the time at school, an alarm clock with bold, bright colours and easy to read numbers will be most helpful. Our children’s bedside clocks have been designed with either our ‘past and to’ or ‘12/24 hour’ time teaching method, both of which feature bold colourful numbers for each hour and a clear breakdown of the minutes, to help support what children are learning in the classroom.
Another important feature to look out for is silent hands. Kids don’t need much of an excuse to avoid going to sleep, so putting an alarm clock with a noisy ticking sound next to their bed could be fuelling their night time restlessness. We much prefer a silent clock, which is why we’ve designed our children’s alarm clocks with silent sweeping hands.
For parents of little sleepy heads, the crescendo alarm is a popular feature as it starts off with a gentle beep and gets louder until it is turned off.
To find out more about the features and benefits of our children’s bedside clocks or to choose your preferred time teaching method and colour, please click here.
With the summer holidays hurtling by, now is the perfect time to get ahead of the rush and get your child ready to go back to school. Once you’ve ticked off all the essentials, such as uniform, shoes, PE kit, bag and pencil case, it’s time to turn your attention to the little things that can make a difference to your child’s education. We’re talking, of course, about our children’s watches.
Designed by parents to provide a simple time teaching system that helps children tell the time independently, our watches are not only educational but very stylish! Read on to find out more about the styles that we offer to accommodate children’s preferences.
Children’s watches for kids who love to coordinate
If a child loves to colour coordinate their wardrobe, or feels very proud about their new school uniform and everything it stands for, then they might appreciate a time teaching watch that fits in with their overall colour scheme.
We’ve got time teaching watches with a range of plain coloured straps that are perfect for matching with school uniforms. Here are just a few of our ideas below.
For a school uniform featuring a red jumper or cardigan you can coordinate with our red and blue face time teaching watch with a red strap:
For a navy school uniform, try our red and blue face children’s watch with a navy strap:
If you are worried about bright colours or strict uniform codes, why not shop for our simple grey strap time teaching watch with a red and blue face?
Children’s watches for those who like to stand out from the crowd
For those children who love a splash of colour or who are just dying for others to notice their new accessory, why not shop for our more colourful range of watches for children?
Choose from styles such as our rainbow face watch with a lime green strap:
Or how about this colourful time teaching watch with a hot pink strap?
Watches for little explorers
We all know how much some children love to explore, so if they are into outdoor activities they’ll love wearing one of our camouflage watches on their wrist.
Everyday at school can be a new exciting mission with our black face watch with a green camouflage strap:
When choosing children’s watches for lovers of all things blue, you can’t top this white face watch with a blue camouflage strap:
Watches for children who love the water
We all know how easily children are drawn to water, so if the child you are buying for is likely to be splashing around in a water pit or rainy puddle whilst they’re at school then you might like to know our time teaching watches are also available in waterproof designs. Suitable for all water-based activities and waterproof up to 50 metres – making them a great choice for any child who will be swimming as part of their school day but unlikely to remember to take their watch off!
Choose from a red and blue face waterproof watch with a navy strap:
Or, this colourful rainbow face waterproof time teaching watch with a purple strap:
Hopefully, we’ve got a watch to suit every child’s preferences, but just in case they get bored with their current design or you want to upscale a hand-me-down EasyRead watch, we also offer a range of coloured watch straps. Choose from black, blue, green, orange, yellow and our camouflage designs to name a few.
If you need any help choosing a design or want to know which time teaching method is right for your child, please get in touch.
Happy back to school shopping!
Anyone who works in education will appreciate that the start of a new term is a busy and chaotic time. All of your energy needs to go into supporting the needs of your students (many of whom will be new to you this year) and settling back into academic life for another jam-packed term. You might not feel as though your workload is any lighter at the end of the academic year, but if you do have a few minutes to spare then now is the perfect time to sort out your classroom resources, such as a teacher clock and time teaching aids, ahead of the rush at the start of the new school year.
3 reasons why it’s a great idea to order your teacher clock now
1.You can have your first choice of size, colour and design
Whilst we do our best to keep everything in stock, the start of term is a popular time so to make sure you can get the exact teacher clock you are looking for, we recommend ordering it before you break up for the summer. We’ve got a wide range of teaching clocks available including:
- 35cm Classroom Clocks – choose from either our Past and To or 12 & 24 Hour method of teaching time and a red and blue or rainbow clock face.
- Welsh Classroom Clocks – featuring either our Past and To or 12 & 24 Hour teaching method. Choose from a red and blue or rainbow clock face.
- Playground Clocks – a larger version of our classroom clock, featuring a robust, weatherproof design and toughened glass. This clock comes with a black and white face and you can choose from our two time teaching methods.
- Classroom Sets – featuring a classroom clock, teacher cards and student cards to help you devise time teaching lessons and get students to practice telling the time.
2.You can start to prepare lesson plans to feature your teacher clock
It is said that teachers spend around one third of their working time planning lessons. With this in mind, wouldn’t it be great to get ahead now and start planning your September time teaching lessons knowing that you already have all the resources you’ll need? By ordering your teacher clock, playground clock or classroom set now, you can get a feel for the resources and start planning your lessons around them, to ensure students get the most from them and that you feel prepared.
3.You can tick one more thing off your list and enjoy your summer break!
Part of your new academic year planning will involve setting up the classroom environment, so if you already have your teaching clock ready to go, you can simply find the perfect place on the wall as you set up your displays ready for students to return in September. Having a clock as the focal point on a wall will help you to create the optimal classroom layout so that all students can see the clock and it may also help you to plan the resources and information you are going to display around it, aiding you to create the best learning environment.
So, tick a few things off your list now – order your classroom clock here and be one of those teachers who is smugly prepared come September!
Whether you’re in the classroom teaching time to students or at home trying to help your child or grandchild perfect their time telling skills, games are a great way to aid learning. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when children were restricted to learning at home, games provided a fantastic way to develop new skills and enhance existing ones and this is a principle we hope many parents and teachers will take forward, using teaching time games to make learning fun!
How do games support learning?
There are many ways in which games can help students to learn, so if you are thinking about bringing a fun element to your classroom or home activities, here are a few reasons why they are such a good idea:
- Games help to encourage student participation.
- Games make learning more engaging as you have to interact to play the game, meaning it’s much less likely someone will get left out or feel disengaged.
- Playing a game can motivate children and make them more likely to take risks, such as volunteering an answer they are not sure of and wouldn’t otherwise have offered.
- Games can help increase focus and attention, which is particularly useful for children with ADHD.
- Participating in games can help children’s attitude towards learning, boost their confidence and improve grades.
With so many advantages to games as part of the learning process, it’s time to look at the resources we offer to support classroom activities or help children to learn whilst having fun at home.
What teaching time games can you play to help children learn?
We’ve got teaching time games covered at home, at school and even at after school clubs and activities, so take a look at our range below:
Tell the time card games
From snap to bingo, matching pairs to buddy-up, there are so many different games you can play with our Tell the Time Card Games, that children will be able to practise their time telling skills without even realising it.
We’ve got two different levels of card games – Level 1 for five to seven year olds and Level 2 aimed at eight to eleven year olds. You can order both packs together or just one of the levels, depending on the age of the children you are buying for.
These card games are very popular with parents and grandparents as fun but educational gifts, and they are also used in schools, after school clubs and children’s activity centres.
Click here to order our Tell the Time Card Games.
TwinTime Cards
Take our TwinTime cards and turn them into teaching time clock games thanks to the movable hands and PVC wipe clean surface. You can count forwards and backwards, learn fractions, count in 5s and 10s, practice displaying the time and writing it down. Student cards come individually or in boxes of 10 and teacher cards are sold separately.
Click here to order our TwinTime Cards.
In addition to the resources we sell, here are a few ideas to play some teaching time clock games at home or wherever you can find a few willing participants!
⏰Tie time teaching in with your child’s favourite activity – and get them to create a chart showing what time of day they do each activity.
⏰If you have more than one child, make a human clock with one child lying on the floor being the hour hand and the other being the minute hand.
⏰Set a timer for baking a cake, brushing your teeth or getting dressed and talk about how many minutes you are setting the timer for and how long you have left.
You could also choose to put a time teaching clock in your child’s room or buy them their very own wristwatch, so they can practice telling the time wherever they go. Click here to browse our full range of time teaching clocks, watches and games and make learning engaging, memorable and fun.
