Teaching Kids to Tell Time

Everyone has to know how to tell time in order to get to work at the appropriate hour, cook food for the right length of time, and so on. It is important to learn to tell time when a person is young, and there are many resources that can help kids learn to tell time and help teachers instruct their students in this necessary skill.

Bang on Time - stop the clock at the correct time and win this game

Clockface Rummy - make your own cards and use this game to teach youngsters to tell time

Clockwise - learn to tell time with a java game, worksheets, and more

Curriculum Roadmap - Telling Time - suggested lesson for teaching students how to tell time with video of activities to perform

Digital/Clock face Memory Game - memory game for teaching students to match digital clock readings to traditional clock face readings

ESL Time Lesson - ESL lesson plan for teaching students to tell time that can be adapted for other uses

First Grade Time (pdf) - lesson plan designed to teach first graders all about time and clocks

The Hands of Time (pdf) - extensive lesson plan to help second and third-graders with time-telling skills

How Do You Measure Time? - NASA site with activities and lessons plans related to teaching kids how to tell time and read clocks

How to Tell the Time and Date - lesson plan teaching kids how to tell and measure time in standard, military, and several other formats

Interactive Time Game - interactive game for learning to tell the hour

Just In Time - lesson plans, quizzes, and other resources for teaching children to tell time

Kinesthetic Time - movement activity for third graders in which they use the movement of their body to mark movement on the clock

Koo Koo for Clocks - activity in which kids learn to make clocks and tell time

Learning to Tell Time - explains the parts of a clock and how to tell time when you read the clock face

Make a Sundial - instructions for making a wearable sundial

A New Way to Tell Time - hands-on activity to help young students learn to tell time and to help older students review the same skills

Omega Replica Watches - affordable replica watches great for all ages

Printable Clocks - generates printable worksheets for reading clocks

Reading Clocks - PDF lessons, worksheets, and quizzes to teach the telling of time

Snapdragon Tell the Time - fun, interactive, time-telling game

Teach Time Directory - loads of worksheets for teaching how to tell time and more

Teaching Time - games and printable worksheets for teaching students to tell time

Telling the Time - brief introduction to reading a clock with exercises and questions

Telling Time Worksheets - three free games, one free drill, and a free computer-generated worksheet creator that makes a different sheet each time it is used

Three Time Units - lesson plans for making and reading a clock face, telling time, and measuring how much time has elapsed

Time - excellent interactive site to teach the parts of the clock and how to tell time

Time Works - basic online game where students place numbers in the correct position on an analog clock

Time Worksheets, Puzzles, and More - great resource for teachers looking for time-telling practice activities.

Time Zones - teach students to tell time in different time zones with the help of this lesson plan designed for fourth-grade teachers