What does it take to teach a child time?
To teach a child time, you will need onean important condition - he must already have mastered counting to 100. Children master this skill by the age of 5-7. Without this skill, it will be very difficult to understand the principle of the movement of time.
Games with a clock will help teach your child timePhoto: Getty In addition to counting to 100, it is important that children already know how to:
- write numbers from 1 to 100;
- distinguish these numbers from each other;
- count at intervals of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and so on.
It is important that the child not only memorizes the numbers, but also understands the differences in counting. Only after this can one begin to study how to tell time by the clock.
Ways to teach a child to tell time
First, the child must understand what it istime. He needs to be explained that it is the only quantity that moves only forward and its course cannot be changed. To measure time, man invented watches. The child needs to be explained that:
- 1 hour consists of 60 minutes. It is necessary to show clearly that 1 revolution of the minute hand is 1 hour.
- 1 minute includes 60 seconds. Then demonstrate the movement of the second hand.
- After he understands what an hour is, you need to explain what parts an hour consists of: half an hour is 30 minutes, a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes.
The child must also learn such concepts asmorning, afternoon, evening and night time, how many hours are in a day. Along the way, you need to explain how to greet if it is morning or evening. In order for children to better understand the movement of the hour, minute and second hands, buy or make a play clock face with your own hands. After the child begins to understand the time, you can give him a bright wristwatch.
Play is a quick way to teach your child about time.
You can draw several dials:For example, draw 11:00 a.m. and sign "start of cartoon, 2:30 p.m." Or do the opposite - draw a clock face without hands, stick on pictures or photographs of a girl or boy going to bed, getting up in the morning, brushing their teeth, having breakfast, having lunch, going to school, playing on the playground. After that, ask your child to set the time themselves and draw the hour and minute hands. It is important to conduct classes with your child in a fun, playful way, so they will better understand and assimilate new knowledge. Modern children are interested in various gadgets from an early age and love to play interactive games. In the process of teaching your child time, you can use educational video games, show them special cartoons, read fairy tales about time. Teaching a child time is not difficult, you just need to be patient. Never scold children if they do not understand something. As a result, you can get the opposite effect - the child will withdraw into himself and, perhaps, will avoid classes. If your child has done well in the exercises on learning time, be sure to praise him. Classes should bring joy to children and make them want to learn something new.
