Easter Worksheets!
The clock is abstract
Clocks, especially analog ones, aren't very intuitive:
The numbers go from 1 to 12, but time is based on 60 minutes.
Kids are just learning counting, and suddenly they have to count by fives?
The hour hand moves slowly, and the minute hand moves fast. It’s confusing for young learners.
It requires multiple skills at once
To tell time, a student must:
Know numbers and how to count by fives.
Understand positions on a circular face.
Know the difference between hours and minutes.
Understand the difference between past and to the hour.
Recognize AM and PM (which gets even trickier).
That’s a lot for a 6- or 7-year-old brain to process.
Analog clocks are less common now
Many kids grow up seeing only digital clocks—on phones, tablets, microwaves, ovens, among others.
So:
They don’t get as much real-life exposure to analog clocks.
They may not see the point of learning something that feels “old-fashioned.”
Time is a cyclical concept
Understanding:
That the clock repeats every 12 hours.
That 60 minutes = 1 hour, not 100 like in the metric system.
This is a totally new mental model. It’s different from most other number systems they’ve learned so far.
Language around time is confusing
"Quarter past," "half past," "quarter to": These terms are based on fractions which students haven’t learned yet.
Even simple things like "after" or "before" can be tricky if they're still learning sequencing.
Learning to tell time will take extra practice. We have worksheets for students to do just that.
Grade 1 telling time worksheets
Our grade 1 telling time section starts with learning the concept of time and then moves onto analog clocks: whole hours, half hours and quarter hours.
Grade 2 telling time worksheets
Grade 2 students continue practicing the concepts learned in grade 1, as well as five-minute and one-minute intervals on the analog clock, the concept of telling time on digital clocks, and elapsed time. There’s also a section on learning the calendar.
Grade 3 telling time worksheets
The grade 3 telling time section continues with more five-minute and one-minute interval worksheets, as well as elapsed time. New worksheets cover estimating and rounding time, converting units of time, as well as reading calendars.
