Help your child learn to tell time with this telling time activity! Kids look at analog clocks, identify where the hour and minute hands point, and practice writing the correct time—building both confidence and real-world math skills.
Materials Needed:
🖨️ Printed What Time Is It? activity page
✏️ Pencil or dry erase marker (if using a sheet protector for reuse)
⏱️ Time Needed: About 10-15 minute
👩👧 Best As: A do-together activity for beginners (ages 6–7) learning to read analog clocks, and a guided-independent activity for older kids (ages 7–8) who are ready to check and record time on their own.
How to Use:
- Print the clock page (or place in a sheet protector to reuse).
- Review the parts of the clock together—hour hand (short) and minute hand (long).
- Look at each clock and ask your child to identify the time shown.
- Have them write the time in the blank provided (e.g., 3:00, 4:30).
- Reinforce understanding by saying the time out loud together:
- “The short hand is on 3, the long hand is on 12—so it’s three o’clock!”
Build time-telling confidence, strengthen number sense, and support independence!
Why Learning to Tell Time Matters for Growing Minds
Telling time builds number sense and real-world reasoning. Understanding how the hour and minute hands work together strengthens math foundations like skip counting by fives and understanding fractions of an hour. It also builds independence as kids learn to manage routines and transitions throughout the day.
✨ Want to make it even more meaningful? Use a real clock at home to practice! Ask questions like:“Where will the hands be in 10 minutes?” “If it’s 7:00 now, what time will it be when we finish dinner?”
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