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Teaching children to tell time with an analog clock takes practice and patience. Time is best learned when it can be taught in relation to something the child understands…in the context of their small worlds. When my oldest child started nursery school, she was upset to be left so I told her I’d be back at 10:00 when she had snack time. Of course she didn’t understand that, so I told her I’d be back at snack time. That she understood. When her class settled down for snack, there I was. Then I told her I’d be back at lunch …