Summary
Telling Time to the Half Hour — a Rock 'N Learn lesson on reading a clock. Kids learn what the hour and minute hands mean and practice telling time on an analog clock.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
A clock has two hands with two jobs. The short hand tells the hour; the long hand tells the minutes.
- Which hand tells the hour, and which tells the minutes?
- What time does the clock in the video show?
- What do you do at that time of day?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: hour hand, minute hand, o'clock, half past.
Try it: Draw a clock face showing your favorite time of day. Write the time in numbers underneath.