ACTIVITY CLOCK
(4) Using the " Activity Cards for Clock Concepts " with the Child These ACTIVITY CARDS FOR CLOCK CONCEPTS can represent an advanced level of the time and clock concepts that require the child to first have sufficient experience with the daily schedules. After he or she is able to make the association between activities and the corresponding time, these ACTIVITY CARDS FOR CLOCK CONCEPTS are the next step to teaching them abstract ideas.
Distinguishing the Clock Hands and an Introduction to the Clock Hand Set a. Distinguishing the Long Hand from the Short Hand
Prior to using the ACTIVITY CARDS FOR CLOCK CONCEPTS , the parent should first introduce the child to the long and short hands of the clock. Familiarize the child with the fact that the short hand represents hours whenever it points to a number or the subsequent interval. For instance, “the interval between the numbers 1 and 2 on the clock represents the first hour, while the interval between the numbers 2 and 3 represents the second hour, and so on.” The long hand is also called the minute hand, and so whichever number that it points to will represent the current minute. For instance, “if the current time is 3:15 , then the long hand will rest on the number 15 , while the short hand will reset somewhere between 3 and 4.”
b. Introduction to Clock Hand Set
Gigo has manufactured a precise CLOCK HAND SET for your use. It contains the same physical mechanism that can be found in a real clock, and thus will behave in a realistic fashion. For instance, “by rotating the long hand manually, the short hand will move correspondingly to the appropriate position.” This realistic representation of clock mechanism can be used to demonstrate how the long and short hands behave to the child.
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