We’ve pulled together lots of links to telling the time activities from different bloggers to give you a wide range of learning options for your kids. Many include free printables or easy-to-create activities for young children with varying levels of knowledge.
Making a Clock
- Adapt a wall clock with this classroom sun clock from 4 The Love of Family (idea only)
- DIY Sundial
- Krokotak version
- Raising Arizona Kids version (free clock face printable)
- Playdough clock mats from This Reading Mama (free)
- 5 minute interval paper plate clock from Learning Ideas Grades K-8
- Playing outside with a chalk clock from Coffee Cups and Crayons
- Using a hoop from One Extra Degree
- CD clock from The Stay-at-Home Mom Survival Guide
- Clock hats from Primary Theme Park (free… scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the printable)
- New Year’s Clock from The Pinterested Parent
- Make a wristwatch craft from The Nurture Store
Telling the time printables
- Free clock printable from Minieco
- Clock templates and foldables from The Owl Teach (free – time to 5 mins)
- Matching times printables from Mrs W OR It’s about Time from The Crazy Schoolteacher
Make your own craft
- Make a wristwatch craft from The Nurture Store
- Clock hats from Primary Theme Park (free… scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the printable)
- Pegs and pipe cleaner from Teach-a-Roo
Analog and digital time
- Playdough clock mats from This Reading Mama (free)
- File folder game from Mr Printables (free)
- Telling time printables from Love to Learn
- Clock and schedule task cards from Playdough to Plato
Games for telling the time
- Roll and Read No Prep time game from This Reading Mama
- Telling time games for K-2 from The Measured Mom
- Four-in-a-row from You’ve Got This Math (free… you’ll need to scroll way down to the bottom)
- Apple-themed time puzzles from Life Over C’s
- Plastic egg time match from The Stem Laboratory
- Time to the hour puzzles from The Kindergarten Connection
- Telling time puzzles from 123Homeschool4Me
- Time is Up from Bainbridge Class (click on the photo to access the free printable)
- Insect time puzzles from 123Homeschool4Me
Telling time to the hour
- Build a snowman clock from The Stem Laboratory (free)
- Sensory bin times from Life Over C’s
- Time to the hour puzzles from The Kindergarten Connection
- Ulla Unicorn’s Very Busy Day from Liz’s Early Learning Spot
- Pegs and pipe cleaner from Teach-a-Roo
Telling time to the half hour or less
- Time task cards with QR codes from Suzy Palmer (free)
- Telling time with The Grouchy Ladybug from Math Geek Mama (free… but need to leave email address)
- Matching times printables from Mrs W OR It’s about Time from The Crazy Schoolteacher
- Write the room from School is a Happy Place
- Apple-themed time puzzles from Life Over C’s
- Plastic egg time match from The Stem Laboratory
- Free clock printable from Minieco
Broader aspects of time
- Clock and schedule task cards from Playdough to Plato
- Simple clock schedule pictures from Fab ‘n’ Free
- 2017-2018 monthly calendar from Liz’s Early Learning Spot (free updates every 6 months – an editable version is available HERE)
- New Year’s time capsule printables from A Dab of Glue Will Do
Books
- The Best Books to Teach Time Concepts from Math Geek Mama
- Books About Telling Time from Inner Child Fun
- Ulla Unicorn’s Very Busy Day from Liz’s Early Learning Spot
YouTube videos
- Hip Hop Around the Clock (Jack Hartmann): Time to the hour
- Telling Time Chant for Kids: Time to the hour
- Hickory Dickory Dock (Muffin Songs): Time to the hour
- Telling Time on the Hour and Half Hour (Fairy Godfather Show)
I hope you enjoy these telling the time activities!
