Teaching Kids to Tell Time

Products to Help Teach Kids to Tell Time Daylight Savings time begins today in the United States. So, there’s no better time to discuss how to teach kids about time. Telling time is an essential skill but there’s no point in trying to teach kids to read an analog clock before children can count to […]

Toys to Help Teach Time

Product Review Sunday for Nannies and Au Pairs Last week we discussed how to teach kids to tell time. It’s not an easy concept to teach and requires much patience. Yesterday we reviewed books to use with kids when teaching time. Below are some products to use to help teach kids to tell time too. […]

Books to Help Teach Kids to Tell Time

Wipe Clean Telling Time by Roger Priddy Review by D. Lowery: In general, I don’t get excited by workbooks. They’re static, I’ve yet to see one that is way fun, and what do they really teach? However, this book allows your little learner to figure out an answer, redo a page, or create his or […]

Teaching Kids to Tell Time for Nannies and Au Pairs, Step 5

Discussing the Second Hand The second hand is easy for kids to learn, since it’s similar to the minute hand. To reinforce that one-minute equals 60-seconds, stand next to a working clock with its minute hand pointing to an hour or half-hour, and with its second hand pointing to the 12. Have them count to […]

Teaching Kids to Tell Time, Step 4

Explaining the Minute Hand in Single Minutes When the kids are ready to move beyond the tidy fractions of an hour, you can start adding on a few odd minutes here or there. Have them start by adding single minutes to multiples of five-minutes. First demonstrate that there are five-minutes between each number on the […]

Teaching Kids to Tell Time, Step 3

Explaining Minute Hand IncrementsOnce kids are confident reading whole hours, they can learn to read all the minutes in between. Show them how to read half hours and increments of 5, 10, and 15 minutes before you teach them to read individual minutes. This will discourage them from trying to count out every single minute […]

Teaching Kids to Tell Time for Nannies and Au Pairs

Learning About the Hour Hand Since an hour is the largest unit of time a clock measures (aside from an entire day), the hour hand is the best one for kids to learn first. Explain to children that the hour hand keeps track of things that take a long time, then give a few examples […]

Teaching Kids to Tell Time

How Nannies and Au Pairs Can Help Kids Learn to Tell Time There’s a time for everything. There’s a time to go to school, time to do homework, dinner time, bedtime, and the list goes on. If you want to keep kids on schedule, teach them how to keep time, show them how to read […]

Telly The Teaching Time Clock

Product Review Sunday for Nannies and Au Pairs Last night Americans turned their clocks back an hour to end Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Savings Time is to make better use of the daylight in the evenings. With the extra hour why not teach kids how to tell time with The Learning Journey Telly The Teaching […]