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Telling Time Activity for Kids

Telling time can be fun when you take it outdoors! Kids can practice reading a big clock on the driveway.

Telling Time Practice Games on an Outdoor Clock!

Make reading a clock and telling time more hands-on with a huge sidewalk chalk clock.  To make ours I drew a huge clock on the driveway and found toys in the garage for the hour and minute hand. Then we had fun playing clock games!

 Big Hands On Telling Time Practice

Telling Time Games for Kids:

  • Call out a time and have the kids use the “hands” to show it to you.
  • Show a time on the clock and have the kids identify it
  • Count by 5s on the clock using the minute hand
  • Use the clock to solve an elapsed time problem
  • Show which time you do _____ on the clock

 Teach Kids How to Tell Time

Letting kids manipulate a big clock makes it easier for them to grasp the concept.  Adding movement into the learning also helps some kids make better connections with abstract concepts.

The other Move and Learn co-hosts were busy putting together Move and Learn Activities for kids this week too, make sure to check them out!

Other Ways to Move & Learn this week:

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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