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.
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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 …

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 …

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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 …

Learning to tell time using an analog clock helps promote a better understanding of number concepts. It is usually introduced at the end of first grade and re-introduced at the beginning of second grade. Are your grandchildren having difficulty learning to tell time using an analog clock? Are you wondering how you can help them learn to tell analog time?
When our children learned to tell time, analog clocks were the only clocks around; they were everywhere. Today, our grandchildren see digital clocks much more often than analog clocks. Digital time …