Telling Time

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Grade Level

• Kindergarten

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Subject

• Other

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Length of Time

• Thirty Minutes

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Description

• One of the hardest activities for a pre-school student is learning to tell time. This activity allows for students to learn to tell time on a standard clock by letting them use their arms and bodies. This type of kinestetic learning will allow the students to learn to tell time easier and quicker.

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Goals

• The student should be able to tell time using five and ten minutes by displaying the time using their arms. Students will demonstate 12 o'clock, 12:15, 12:30, and 12:45 or with 3, 6, or 9 instead of 12.

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Materials Needed

• A standard clock or facsimile of one. A large on that students can manipulate would be best.

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Procedure

• 1. Use the clock to explain to students the increments of time. Tell them the each number represents five minutes.
  
  2. Have the students give times, and as a class, move the clock to the appropriate time. If possible have students move the hands themselves.
  
  3. After a few student given times, tell the students they can easily remember the times themselves. Use your arm to show them the 12,3,6,and 9 positions.
  
  4. As a class go through the positions together, everyone using their arms to represent the clock.
  
  5. As a drill, have the students one by one show different times.

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Grading

• Students should be assessed on whether or not they understand the objective of telling the basic times on a standard clock. Instead of grading with a pass/fail mentality. Work with the student until he/she can demonstate 12 o'clock, 12:15, 12:30, and 12:45 or with 3, 6, or 9.

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