
Learning to tell the time is something that many of us adults take for granted. We remember the time when we first learned to do just that, tell the time. I read somewhere that it takes a child of 9 years old 2 years to fully grasp the concept of this. Many of us don't have that kind of time on our hands (see what I did there? Sorry, I can be cheesy at the best of times) so we need to find a way to set up the process.
At Counting Stars, I have made my very own booklet on Learning to Tell Time. In there, there is a lot of hints on how to read time in Analogue and also it explains Digital. If you are interested in having this as part of the Learner Development Support Package included in the Grade 3 Maths Package (The Left side only help) then please inquire about it when asking for the package.
The best tip I can give parents when they are teaching this concept is to apply it to real life. Clocks are everywhere so why not make it a fun game on the way to school? Please introduce learning to tell the time when:
☆ Your child is 9 years old
☆ Sooner rather than later. That way when it starts getting taught at school, your child understands the concept
☆ They are confident with Maths with regards to subtracting and confident in counting in 5's
☆ If your child owns a watch. Please don't go out and purchase your child a watch when they don't even know how to use it. It can be either a simple Analogue or Digital watch
Happy learning!
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