Telling time · 2nd grade
Telling Time by 5 Minutes
Each number on the clock is five more minutes. Count by 5s from the 12.
How to learn it
Draw a clock and write 5, 10, 15 and so on round the outside. Children read the outer ring first, then wean themselves off it.
Point at each number from the 12 and count by 5s. It's slow at first and quick within a week.
3:20 is three twenty and twenty past three. Practice both, since children hear both.
Watch for the number under the long hand being read as the minutes: 3:20 read as 3:04, because the hand is on the 4.
Play this level
A clock sticks when a child reads one again and again and finds out straight away if they were right. Each game here asks for one time in a different form.
Every question is five minutes
Free to play · no signup · works on phones, tablets and computers
Questions
Why does the 4 mean 20 minutes?
The numbers on a clock count hours for the short hand. For the long hand each number stands for 5 minutes, so 4 × 5 = 20.
Is the telling time game really free?
Yes. The whole game plays free in your browser, with no signup, no ads and no time limit. An iPhone app is on the way with offline play, a forest trail and a parent view, but the web game stays free.
Coming soon to iPhone
We're building a Clockwood app with what needs a real app: every time read aloud, offline play, and a parent view of which times have stuck and which are still tricky. The full game stays free here on the web.
Coming soon on theApp Store