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JennGM
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Posted: Aug 04 2008 at 10:04am \| IP Logged

Outside of the math curriculum, can you share some favorite resources on reinforcing telling time?

I had an older book from Usborne that we liked, but I don't see it now. I just see "Telling the Time" book and flashcards. Anyone use them?

I also think a regular wristwatch and real clocks in the home help reinforce. If everything is digital it's hard to practice reading a clock.

Thanks for any insights!

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Posted: Aug 04 2008 at 11:30am \| IP Logged

We do live in a digital, velcro age.
Teaching a child how to tell time is like teaching a child how to tie a shoe nowadays.

Vision this:

It's a Saturday night at the bowling alley. Two 10 yr old girls born only one day apart with autumn b-days sit on the sideline waiting for their turn to bowl. They are both going into 5th grade. One is public schooled. One is homeschooled.

A huge wall clock hangs directly overhead their bowling lane.

Says the public schooled child: "You know, I always had trouble telling time on clocks like those but now...well, it still takes me awhile but I can do it."

Says homeschooled child: "Hey! me too!"

And they laugh and get up to take their turns bowling.

Don't sweat the small stuff, Jenn. At least not until he turns 10.

I think getting him his own wristwatch is an excellent idea. I did that with each of my children. Also, I have the cutest little book on telling time used with Annie last year for K. I'll see if I can find and let you know the title.

Basically all we did was I'd show them how the short hand pointed at the hour and the long hand counted by 5s. After they understood that (and could easily see the hour and half hours) I showed them how the long hand was a minute hand and counted out the minutes.

Oh, and they all had a little bear cut-out holding a clock and they played with that often.

Very basic things and I don't recall really sitting down teaching them. There were times at the store, library, etc. when we'd see a clock or I'd have them look at my wristwatch and ask, "Can you tell me the time?" And I'd help them until they started getting it themselves.

Very basic. Very simple.

I'm sure someone has a more creative and thorough teaching method. Mine is very unschoolish I'm afraid.

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Posted: Aug 04 2008 at 11:42am \| IP Logged

My mom got ds a nifty wristwatch similar to this one. The color coding is a big help - the hour hand and hour numbers are one color, and the minute hand and minute numbers are another. We also have Haba's pedagogical clock, which has removeable cubes for the numbers that you can turn to show hours, minutes, fractions, Roman numerals, daily activities, etc. You could easily put stickers on your own clock to get the same effect.

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Posted: Aug 04 2008 at 11:57am \| IP Logged

Tracy, that clock and watch seem great.

I appreciate the help, Cay. I actually was asking for a friend of mine, not my son. He can't tell time nor can he tie shoelaces yet.

But I'm not fretting for him.

My friend was pulling up resources from Amazon, and I just hate some of the twaddle.

So let me rephrase. For my friend's daughter, she needs some extra help in reinforcing telling time. I would love some resources that aren't twaddle.

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Posted: Aug 04 2008 at 12:34pm \| IP Logged

JennGM wrote:

I have the book and I know the little guys like it...they love the Farmyard Tales characters...I can't find the book to make any comments on it atm but..if you like i will let you know when I get to the bottom of my book pile (I am majorly nesting and trying to get ready for the school year) We do have the flash cards. They are VERY sturdy and on one side they can write in the time with a wipe-off marker. It made a nice gift combination for one of the kiddoes last year.

One of our dc was given a wristwatch that was called a teaching watch that had the 2 different colored hands that were labeled. I think it was purchased at Walmart.

there is an old DK book about Time that the kids really like too...it does show the different kinds of clocks as well as the passage of time. I like the oversized clock that is in the back. My first book of time

I am in the middle of editing a blog post about teaching time to the under 9 crowd here...there might be something that you can use on it ... I should have it done by tonight...

HTH!

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