Older children - telling time

Can your older child tell the time on a "regular" clock (not a digital one)?
Do you even have one in your house?
How old is your child?
How do you reinforce it?

Thanks

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DS is 6. He can tell time for the most part. We have an analog clock in the living room, and his bedroom. Most nights, at around bedtime, I'll ask him what time it is. He says "bedtime?".... no... that's not what the clock says...
Also, when we're done reading at night in his room, I ask him what time it is.

One of his favorite books to read is a 1st and 2nd grade math book, and there is a section on time in there.

I'll also randomly ask him what time it is whenever I think of it. He's too smart for his own good, though... once in a while when I ask him, he looks over at the DVR and tries to read it off the digital display... I see what he's doing, and close out the time display, though...

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Posted by GoldenRod

DS is 6. He can tell time for the most part. We have an analog clock in the living room, and his bedroom. Most nights, at around bedtime, I'll ask him what time it is. He says "bedtime?".... no... that's not what the clock says...IMAGE
Also, when we're done reading at night in his room, I ask him what time it is.

One of his favorite books to read is a 1st and 2nd grade math book, and there is a section on time in there.

I'll also randomly ask him what time it is whenever I think of it. He's too smart for his own good, though... once in a while when I ask him, he looks over at the DVR and tries to read it off the digital display... I see what he's doing, and close out the time display, though...

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I have an almost 2 year old --- doesn't know numbers but I did find a clock pizzle at Carters and I think Melissa & Doug had one too - that's how I was planning on getting started.

If you go to a teachers supply store (there is one in oakdale by the merge) - they would have some learning tools.

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Robbie can tell time on an analog without any challenge. He even says "quarter past" and "Twenty to". He is 8.

Noah is learning this skill in school right now (1st grade). He has been wearing an analog watch to reinforce what he knows and to assist. He can always tell time on the hour and the half hour... he gets gummed up in between once in a while. Noah is 6.

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DS is 5. He has this amazing ability to tell time - and on a clock that is not digital too. I don't know where he picked it all up?? If he can't see a clock, he'll ask what time it is. I tell him 5 minutes to 7. So he tells me, oh 6:55. On the way to his Karate class (which starts at 3:45), he looked at the digital clock on the radio and told me that he only had 14 minutes to get to class (it was 3:31). The math in his head is amazing.

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My son is 7 and has been able to do so for awhile now, I want to say since Kindergarten. My DD is in K now and can't but hopefully by the end of the year. To reinforce it, I would just ask him what time it was often and make sure he was checking on the kitchen clock.

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Nate is 4 and is just starting to understand how to tell time. We don't have an analog clock in the house, so he's been learning about it in school. He knows on the hour and half hour times. I haven't really reinforced it yet.

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DD is 3.5 and we havw the melissa and doug clock puzzle. we have been woking on it. Im hoping she'll get it soon.

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telling time to the minute is part of our second grade curriculum. it includes phrases such as quarter to, half past, etc.

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Posted by FelAndJon

Posted by chmlengr

DS is 5. He has this amazing ability to tell time - and on a clock that is not digital too. I don't know where he picked it all up?? If he can't see a clock, he'll ask what time it is. I tell him 5 minutes to 7. So he tells me, oh 6:55. On the way to his Karate class (which starts at 3:45), he looked at the digital clock on the radio and told me that he only had 14 minutes to get to class (it was 3:31). The math in his head is amazing.

I am sure it doesn't hurt that his mommy is a chemical engineer

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Posted by pinkandblue

Posted by chmlengr

DS is 5. He has this amazing ability to tell time - and on a clock that is not digital too. I don't know where he picked it all up?? If he can't see a clock, he'll ask what time it is. I tell him 5 minutes to 7. So he tells me, oh 6:55. On the way to his Karate class (which starts at 3:45), he looked at the digital clock on the radio and told me that he only had 14 minutes to get to class (it was 3:31). The math in his head is amazing.

that is one smart cookie....maybe he will be a mathmatician (sp)