Telling Time Games and Activities

Mr. Big Bad Wolf

One of my favorite is "What is the time Mr. Big Bad Wolf?” It teaches children counting time and there are 1 to 12 o'clock only.
- Get a group of children.
- Select one child to be Big Bad Wolf. Turn his back against the rest of children.
- Draw a line about 10 feet away behind the "Big Bad Wolf". Get children to stand behind this line.
- Children will shout, "What is the time Mr. Big Bad Wolf?"
- Big Bad Wolf shouts "1 o'clock" and turn back.
- Other children take one-step towards Big Bad Wolf and freeze when he turns around. Whoever moves will drop out from the game.
- Repeat until 12 o'clock. Big Bad Wolf will have to catch a child while turning back.
- Children will have to run back behind the line before caught.

Beware...it can get a bit rowdy sometimes but the children will enjoy it.

Telling Time the Pizza Way

I know of some creative mothers who play telling time games with their kids by making their own pie chart.
- Make two pizzas (pie charts) using paper. Decorate it with numbers of the clock on them.
- Cut one pizza (pie chart) in slices, and one to keep whole.
- Have child match the pizza slices with where the numbers belong.
- When they can match the numbers, proceed to (assuming they can count by fives) teach 5 after, ten after etc
- Give them a short fraction lesson on half of the pizza (half past) and quarter of the pizza.

Make Your Own TV Guide

This is one which kids will love to do; get them to write or copy their favorite TV guide.

- Select a series of favorite TV programs.
- Give them telling time worksheets with clock face on it.
- Teach them to write down the time when the program starts on the clock face.
- Write the TV program next to the respective clock face.

In a matter of time, they will start referring to their TV guide for favorite TV programs.

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