Interactive Clock

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How to play Interactive Clock

Drag the minute hand or the hour hand round the clock face, or use the arrow keys.
Watch the other hand move with it, the way a real clock is geared.
Use the digital readout to check the time, or hide it to read the face on its own.
Press Challenge to be asked for a time, such as twenty to five, and set the hands to it.

For parents and teachers

Moving the hands by hand shows why the hour hand creeps between numbers as the minutes pass, which is the part of clock reading children find hardest. Start with the digital readout showing, then hide it once a child is confident. It pairs well with the Telling Time game, which asks the same skill as a choice of answers.

How it works

A big analogue clock whose hands can be dragged. Move the minute hand round once and the hour hand creeps on to the next number, the way a real clock is geared; drag the hour hand and the minute hand keeps step. A digital readout underneath shows the same time in figures, in 12-hour or 24-hour form, and can be hidden so the face has to be read on its own; the minute numbers round the outside can be hidden too once counting in fives is secure. Hands snap to the minute or to five minutes, and the arrow keys move them for anyone not using a mouse. The Challenge button asks for a time, show me twenty to five, and hands set to it ring the bell. It ticks as the hands turn, chimes on the hour, and has a pendulum that never stops.

Practises

Reading a clock
Hours and minutes
12-hour and 24-hour time

Suited to Classes 1–5 .

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How to play Interactive Clock

For parents and teachers