Telling time is a tricky concept that my daughter has been having some trouble with. We use this simple single sheet printable that we are loving right now. For her math study over the first grade to 4th grade, we have used this clock to make the concept clearer for her. Presenting,
What’s the time clock free printable
This free interactive analog and digital clock will keep your kids engaged while they explore time and how it relates to their everyday life.
Getting Ready
Download and print this free What’s the Time? printable onto cardstock. Laminate the sheet so your little ones can draw on them with a dry erase marker over and over again! You could alternately just place it between transparent plastic sheets and file it.
Subjects
- Mathematics:Applied Math
- Mathematics:Arithmetic
- Mathematics:Measurement
Grades 3-5
How to Use?
This freebie is designed to help you supplement teaching time at home. This printable focuses on both digital and analog clocks and telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter after and quarter to. Also, explore 24-hour formats, AM , PM, minutes to & minutes past. Here are some of the games we play
“What Time is it?” – Write the digital time and draw the analog clock hands.
- Use the 12- hour format first. Start with easy times – eg: 1:00, 2:00, 3:00,4:00 progressing to 12:00
- Start advancing by 15 minutes. So eg: 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45 progressing to 2:00
- Start advancing by 5 minutes. So eg: 1:00, 1:05, 1:10, 1:15 progressing to 2:00
- Explore times that have both small hands and big hands at the same number – eg: 1:05 , 2:10, 3:15, 4:20.
- For older kids, practice the detailed minute hand movements – eg 12:56, 7:09
- Explore the difference between times 1:50 & 10:10
“What Do You Do?”
Describe what we do at each of the times shown on the clocks.
“A.M. or P.M.?”
Learn whether each clock & description occurs during the a.m. or p.m.
“Digital Time”
Record the digital time to match each analog clock.
“Analog Time”
Record the analog clock hands to match the digital time. During this time, we also explored 24-hour formats 
Time addition & subtraction
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time.
- Miles left school at 3:15 p.m. He walked to the library to work on his homework. It took 15 minutes to walk to the library. Brandon’s father picked him up at the library one hour after he arrived. What time did Brandon’s dad pick him up?(4:30 p.m.)
- Mini and Sam live at opposite ends of the neighborhood. It takes each of them 20 minutes to walk to school. If they reach the school at 8:15 a.m., what time did they leave home? (7:55 a.m.)
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