Teaching clock
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Telling the time is two lessons at once: reading a round face, and saying it in English. This clock does both. Drag the long hand and the short one follows along, exactly as a real clock does, and the phrase under the face changes with it — “quarter past nine”, “ten oh-five”, “half past three”. When the class is ready, press the quiz button: the clock names a time out loud, the children move the hands, and one tap says whether they got it.
- Age
- Ages 3–11
- Format
- Online tool
9:00 AM
“nine o'clock”
Drag a hand. The hour hand follows the minutes by itself. Or use the arrow keys: ← → minutes, ↑ ↓ hours.
How teachers use it
- Set the hands to the start of every lesson activity and say the time together.
- Ten quiz rounds as a warm-up: the clock says it, the child sets it, everyone checks.
- Drag the minute hand slowly past twelve so the class sees the hour change itself.
Questions teachers ask
Does the hour hand move with the minutes?
Yes, and that is the point. Drag the minute hand and the hour hand creeps along with it, so at twenty-five to four it sits almost on the four — the mistake children make when they learn on a picture instead of a clock.
Which English phrases does it use?
The ones a course book teaches: o'clock, quarter past, half past, quarter to, and “oh” for the single minutes — three oh-five. On the Russian, Spanish and Arabic pages a line in the class's own language sits under the English, so nobody is guessing what the phrase means.
Can I make the hands move in five-minute steps?
Yes — the switch under the clock sets the step to one minute or five. Five is kinder for small fingers and for a first lesson; one minute is what you want once the class is reading real times.
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