Toddlers and Childcare
TODDLERS AND CHILDCARE
5 Ways to Help Children Learn To Tell The Time
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t first glance knowing how to tell the time is relatively simple- a cognitive task many habitually complete several times daily without much thought, but if we delve a little deeper it is not surprising that reading clocks is one of the most multifaceted symbol systems that children encounter. From distinguishing between night and day to negotiating transportation timetables, scheduling daily activities and reflecting on past events, reading the time is an essential life-skill. So what can teachers and parents do to facilitate our young clock readers?
Here are 5 fun yet practical tips that will have the kids rocking around the clock in no time:
"Unlike other attributes of measurement, time is an abstract concept that cannot be perceived through touch. It needs to be experienced."
1. Play, Play, Play: Developing Language and Meaning Unlike other attributes of measurement, time is an abstract concept that cannot be perceived through touch. It needs to be experienced. Children from an early age can devise their own understandings of time duration and ambiguous terms such as ‘seconds’, ‘minutes’ and ‘hours’ simply by
participating in play and song. Clapping, skipping, hopping, drawing, cleaning their room for nominated periods of time, building and interacting with water and sand timers, swinging pendulums, sundials and observing the movement of shadows and light are examples of children being
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