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Measurement

Telling time games

An everyday skill, practiced with a clock whose hands pupils move on the screen.

The Clock

Tell the time, set the hands and work out durations, in 12-hour or 24-hour format.Grades 2–4 · Solo or whole class

Hands-on before calculating

Moving a clock hand on the screen gives meaning to the numbers. Pupils immediately see the effect of what they do.

Step by step

The game moves from half hours to quarter hours, then to 5-minute steps and finally to the minute.

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