How to Tell Time for Kids | Learn to Read an Analog Clock
From Math with Mr. J
18 min1st2nd3rdMath
Summary
How to tell and write time on an analog clock -- reading the hour and minute hands and understanding a.m. and p.m. Mr. J takes it slowly.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
The short hand shows the hour; the long hand shows the minutes.
- Which hand tells the hour? Which tells the minutes?
- How many minutes is each number worth on a clock?
- What is the difference between a.m. and p.m.?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: hour hand, minute hand, a.m., p.m.
- Draw a clock showing 3:15.
- Write the time when the hour hand is on 7 and the minute hand on 6.