Learning to Tell Time with Interactive Teaching Clocks

Kids can now learn to tell time faster and easier with the many free interactive teaching clocks and games on the web. I've seen what a difference 15 minutes on a game makes compared to 15 minutes on a telling time worksheet. Children are more engaged, get much more practice, and a truckload of immediate positive feedback. Their test scores improve and it does wonders for their self-confidence (not to mention the time you save from answering the what-time-is-it questions).

There's a broad variety of clock games for different skill levels. Some are starter clocks where kids practice telling time to the hour. Others teach them to tell time in 30-minute, 15-minute, 5-minute and 1-minute increments. Some games challenge them to calculate lapsed time - a skill some much older students are still trying to master. I've described seven of my favorite on my Squidoo post Interactive Telling Time Games and Clocks. Give them a whirl - remember, it's free. And see if you can get your kid's teacher to toss the telling time worksheets!