Practical guides for teachers, homeschoolers and parents teaching children to read a clock.
Half past means 30 minutes after the hour: the minute hand on the 6, the hour hand midway between two numbers. A 12-minute lesson plan and fixes for four common errors.
· 6 min read
Start with the four US zones, a globe and a flashlight, then work real examples: flights, kickoff times, and calls to grandma. Includes fixes for the classic errors.
· 7 min read
Base-60 counting from Sumer, twelve-hour days from Egypt, and the arithmetic that kept them: 60 divides evenly twelve ways, so thirds and quarters stay whole.
· 7 min read
The short hand names the hour it has passed; the long hand counts in fives. Every part of the dial, a three-step reading routine, and fixes for five errors.
· 7 min read
Add 12 for p.m. hours, and watch the two exceptions at midnight and noon. A full conversion table, timetable practice, common errors and a 30-minute lesson.
· 6 min read
Why 2:45 is quarter to three, not quarter to two, plus the short-hand-first habit, five errors children make, and a ten-minute daily drill that fixes them.
· 6 min read
Number line, written subtraction, T-chart and clock face, each with a worked example, the intervals it suits, and what to say when a student gets it wrong.
· 7 min read
Three five-minute stations on day two show you exactly which clock skills survived the summer, plus the reteach groups and daily routine that close the gaps.
· 8 min read
Elapsed time is the gap between a start and an end point. Here is the order to teach it in, four strategies that work, and the four errors children really make.
· 5 min read