How to teach your child to tell the time
A practical guide for parents teaching analogue clocks, with short activities, worked examples, and gentle practice.
LITTLE MOMENTS, BIG DISCOVERIES
Learn to tell the time.
A playful teaching clock for little learners.
✦ 7 little adventures♡ Learn at your pace◖)) English + Hindi
●Say hello to your clock
Short hand · hours Long hand · minutes Thin hand · seconds
Try moving a hand. See what happens!
Hour
5 min
Real speed
Meet Piku!
Your clock buddy
♡
Little tip for a grown-up
✦A day full of little moments
Tap a moment. Read its clock, then listen together.
These are example times. Every family’s day is different.
FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS
Help your child learn to tell the time
Practise reading an analogue clock with a free interactive teaching clock, seven short lessons, and gentle games. Move the hour and minute hands, explore seconds, and connect clock times to your child’s day. Start with o’clock, then try half past, quarter hours, counting minutes, and AM and PM.
Hour hand and minute hand: a guide for kids
Teach children the difference between clock hands and how the hour hand moves as minutes pass.
Teach o’clock times on an analogue clock
Practise reading whole hours with clear examples and an easy clock activity for children.
Half past, quarter past and quarter to explained
Explain half past and quarter hours to children using 3:15, 3:30 and 3:45 clock examples.
Count clock minutes in fives and ones
Help your child read any minute on an analogue clock, with worked examples for 3:20 and 3:22.
AM and PM for kids: noon, midnight and everyday times
Teach AM and PM with morning and evening examples. Learn why 12 noon is PM and 12 midnight is AM.
A little practice, at your child’s pace
Try five minutes together. Ask your child to make a time, read it aloud, and explain how the hands helped. Questions are untimed, hints are available, and every lesson can be revisited. English text and optional Hindi listening help families learn together.
How do you read an analogue clock?
Read the short hand for the hour. Then count minutes clockwise from 12 using the long hand. Each big number adds five minutes; each small mark adds one. At 3:30, the long hand points to 6 and the short hand is halfway between 3 and 4: half past three.