Time and clock

What does a child need to know to learn to tell time by clock?
Before you start teaching your child time, you should check whether the child understands the basics – whether he knows how to count, or whether he knows the main concepts related to time. Often, learning is made difficult precisely by the fact that the child does not understand the basics. In order to better learn the clock, it is important not to confuse the concepts of “clockwise” and “counterclockwise”. Therefore, it is important to learn and consolidate the knowledge of which side is right and which is left. The first step in learning the clock is to explain to the child the concepts of “day”, “hour”, “minute”, “second”, “one hour”, “half an hour”, etc. You should demonstrate to the child the differences between a minute and a second, between an hour and a minute. You should introduce the child to the clock face and let him explore the hands to understand which one moves faster and which one moves slower. It is also important to tell the child that time always moves forward and show that the large hand counts minutes, and the small hand counts hours, as well as that the small hand makes one circle around the clock per day, while the large hand is much faster and makes 24 circles per day.