Time Activity Matching

No parent wants to take on the task of explaining maths to their children, even if they are still at Primary school. However telling the time is a life skill, and one which is complicated to learn at school in a larger class, plus it is something we know more about than our kids so Self Isolation could be a great time to teach them the analogue clock. Firstly, for younger children, especially those 6 or under, they need to understand the actual concept of time. This may sound weird but humans existed quite happily without clocks for centuries so it’s not an innate knowledge. It was not until the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian civilisations invented sundials about 1000 years before the birth of Christ that the measurement of time came in to everyday use. Sundials and hour glasses stayed the only real way of telling the time until the invention of mechanical clocks in 14th Century. To make the concept of time real you need to associate different things you do with different times. Start