My daughter had this time book since she was 3. Its based on routines that a bear follows through out the day. The bear book helped her understand time and daily routines and she used to love it.
But now was a time for an update.
Is telling time easy?? Most of us think so.
But sometimes I find myself confused with, say 16:50 (the 12 hour vs 24 hour clock) or why there is no indication of minutes in an analog clock :)
I thought she was at the right age (soon to be 5) to start practicing
- Time and how it links to day and night
- Significance of AM and PM
- Hour and Minute hands
- The 60 minutes of a clock
But for older children there is so much more that can be covered, like
- The difference between an analog and a digital clock
- To correlate time in hours and in AM/PM
- Midday, Midnight
- Time zones of different places
I set upon teaching my daughter the basic time telling without confusing her much.
I have used felt here. But the paper version can be used as an activity sheet too.
So picked up some felt and created this template. Cut up the felt in all needed colors. Used double sided backing. Iron on the appliques.Voila, what a pretty little activity page in felt. It would be an amazing addition to a quiet book too.
Now grab a fabric pen and mark the hours and minutes and pin on a long and short clock hand.
Guess what we used for the clock hands here, cut outs from a plastic milk can colored with glitter nail polish :)
Now, the clock has some glitter.
This page in felt can become a part of a quiet book, is completely no sew, and wears down well even with a lot of usage. For now, I have filed this, planning to add more educational felt pages to the folder.
No felt? No problem, print out the page , let the kids color it an use it as an activity page. I think that would be cool too.
Here's your free printable:(the pdf downloadable format in hyperlink)
Free printable for NO-SEW Felt Clock Learning page
Well, I have used these sheets as test sheets and the Little Miss loves them.
Very good summer break activity for the little one.
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What a fab idea and it looks so pretty too! Can't wait to try this when I'm a bit older x #LetKidsBeKids
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my page :)
DeleteThis is excellent! It explains the concept of hours and minutes so nicely with the concentric circles. .
ReplyDeleteYes Lavina :) tried my hand in simplifying time :) Do use the free downloadable, very easy to make.
DeleteGreat idea. You think telling the time is easy, until you start teaching children, then realise it's actually quite a tricky concept. Love this.
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Oh yes tricky indeed! Thank you for visiting my page Karen :) A delight to be a part of your linky.
Deletethis looks fantastic I really cannot sew so this would be perfect My eldest is just starting school as well so I will soon be looking at introducing telling the time with her. Thanks for linking up to #KidsCorner
ReplyDeleteHi. No sew is pretty easy and probably half an hour's work. Do use the free printable. Hope your little one enjoys the learning.
DeleteHappy to be a part of your linky.
What a great way to teach time! Thanks for sharing on #ToddlerFunFriday
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for hosting.
DeleteThis is so pretty! What a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing in #KidsCorner x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Katy!
DeleteThanks so much for sharing this on Toddler Fun Friday! I thought this was a great activity and featured your post here: http://kidzactivities.net/toddler-fun-friday-27/ :) Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the feature, Tina.
DeleteThis is such a great idea! I'll have to remember to do this when my girls are old enough! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your sweet comments.
DeleteThis is a beautiful idea! I think it's so important that in such a digital era to teach our kids the good ol fashioned way of telling time and various other things. Thanks so much for linking with #momsterslink. Hope to see you again tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! Thank you so much for hosting!
DeleteSuch a great idea!! The final product is just beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I'm printing it out now for a weekend project. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful project! I never realized till I started trying to teach my daughter time all the different aspects of time to teach. Still working on this with her :) Thanks for sharing this with us at #LearningKid.
ReplyDeleteThank you Melanie! Neither did I till I started teaching time and her questions popped up. Necessity created this clock design :)
DeleteLove different aspects of time you incorporated into this! Thank you for linking up at #made4kids! Look forward to seeing what you link up this week!
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