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Telling Time: What Time Is It?
Look at each clock. Write the time on the line.
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Telling Time: What Time Is It?
For the grown-up: fold this page back or print it separately.
| 1. 5:00 | 2. 7:00 | 3. 9:00 | 4. 6:00 |
| 5. 6:30 | 6. 1:00 | 7. 12:00 | 8. 7:30 |
| 9. 3:30 |
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How to use this telling time worksheet maker
Choose which times to use. O’clock and half past are the usual starting points in grade 1. Quarter hours come next, then five-minute intervals in grade 2, and exact minutes in grade 3. Then choose an activity:
- Read the clock: children look at the hands and write the time.
- Draw the hands: children read a written time and draw the hour and minute hands on a blank clock.
Drawing the hands is harder than reading them, so it makes a great follow-up once children can read a clock confidently.
Teaching tips
- Hour hand first. Children often focus on the long minute hand. Teach them to find the short hour hand first and say the hour, then look at the minutes.
- Watch the hour hand move. At half past 3, the hour hand is halfway between 3 and 4, not on the 3. Our clocks show this correctly, which helps children understand what they see on real clocks.
- Count by fives. Once children can skip-count by 5, reading minutes becomes much easier: each number on the clock is five more minutes.
- Use real clocks at home. Ask "what time is it?" at meals and bedtime. A few seconds a day adds up.
Frequently asked questions
What order should children learn to tell time?
Most children start with o’clock, then half past, then quarter past and quarter to, then five-minute intervals, and finally any minute.
Does the hour hand move realistically?
Yes. The hour hand moves gradually between numbers as the minutes pass, just like a real clock.
Are times written in 12-hour format?
Yes, times are written like 3:30, matching the numbers on an analog clock face.
My child mixes up the hour and minute hands. What helps?
On our clocks the minute hand is long and purple, and the hour hand is short and dark. Point out that "short means hours" and let your child trace each hand with a finger before saying the time.