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[ 10 Apr 2011 | No Comment ]
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I have high school students who find it difficult to tell analog time – which is the only type of clock we have displayed in the classrooms. The reason they cannot tell analog time is they’ve become accustomed to digital time because it is so easily accerssible – cell phones, microwaves, stoves, computers, alarm clocks, Tv’s, train stations, airports, cars, and many more places in their daily lives. Learning to tell digital time is much easier than learning to tell analog time.
Learning to read an analog clock is difficult in …

How to Tell Time »

[ 12 Apr 2010 | One Comment ]
Free Printables: Telling Time Worksheets

Learning to tell time is a difficult concept for young learners. Learning to tell time should be a family activity that can be fun wherever you go with your children. The concept of time is difficult in itself. It helps if you first start by referring to events or activities in relation to what is going on during your child’s day. Examples are after nap time, after lunch, before we eat dinner, when the lights go on, etc. You could say, “In the morning we eat breakfast. After we eat …

How to Tell Time »

[ 12 Apr 2010 | No Comment ]
Learning to Tell Time: Books, Games, and Toys

Learning to tell analog time can be a difficult concept for young children and for older children, too, if they have a learning disability. In learning to tell analog time, they must also learn counting by ones, fives, tens and fractions. Below you’ll find a collection of books, games, and toys to help you help your young ones learn to tell time and have fun too.

Gear Up Retro-Style Alarm Clock by Fascinations
Price: 31.11

Multicolor Retro-Style Alarm Clock by Fascinations
Price: 31.11

Gear Up Triangle Clock with Glass by Fascinations
Price: 45.51

First Time Clock Puzzle …

Learning Fun »

[ 2 Apr 2009 | No Comment ]
Everything Solar System for Kids

My granddaughter, Kaitlin, is in the 2nd grade. She has been learning about the Solar System. Last week while she was visiting, Kaitlin and I put together this Solar System list of resources to help her study for her test on the Solar System. Since I am a teacher, I just had to include some Solar System teacher resources, too. We hope this helps you with your lessons on the Solar System and you get an A+ (100%), just like Kaitlin did!
Astronomy @ eToys.com

Space Exploration
Solar System for Younger Kids:

KidsAstronomy.com: Solar …

Dr Seuss »

[ 16 Nov 2008 | 2 Comments ]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Script

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How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a popular Christmas story. Other than the songs that were originally written specifically for this cartoon, How the Grinch Stole Christmas script is EXACTLY what Dr. Seuss wrote in his book of the same name. Nana has found TWO versions of The Grinch script. Read below and follow the links to The Grinch script, a Readers Theatre The Grinch script, fun Grinch activities, How the Grinch Stole Christmas YouTube videos, and some Grinch stuff for collectors. //

Synopsis of The Grinch Who Stole …

Games, Learning Fun »

[ 23 Oct 2008 | No Comment ]
Fashion Sites for Girls: GirlSense

In the digital e-boutique community of Girlsense.com, tweens become interior decorators as well as fashion designers using intricate, state-of-the-art web tools that allow their creative spirits to soar…The innovative Marketplace is one of the newest additions to GirlSense.com, a wildly popular online fashion community that blends social networking with an artistic, inspired, virtual fashion world…Girlsense’s online fashion community offers members all the tools, colors, fabrics and styles to design their very own couture lines.

How to Tell Time, Learning Fun »

[ 19 Oct 2008 | No Comment ]
Teaching Children to Tell Time with an Analog Clock – 2

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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 …