We took this information and then applied it to the big clock we put together outside....using a round parachute. The children were so clever already because they knew that the 12 went at the top of the clock and the 6 went at the bottom. Someone in the class even said that they look like they are waving to each other so we came up with the idea that 12 and 6 were friends and they stood directly opposite each other. The same went for 3 and 9 and when we had these 4 numbers, it was easy to fill in the rest!
When we used the parachute we spoke about big hands and little hands, the children knew that the big hand was for the minutes and the little hand was for the hours. So what better way to represent this on a HUGE clock? Use tall people as minute hands and shorter people as the hour hand.
We had a ball learning about time!
Here is a game we have played in class which will help your kids with o'clock times.
(The first level is O'clock times and level 2 is a mixture of o'clock and half past times)
Have a great night.
Miss Prowse
