Telling Time for Kids: Learn

Drag the hands, set the clock, learn to tell time — o'clock to the exact minute, plus elapsed time. Made for kids learning the analog clock. No ads.

Reading an analog clock is still on the test — and it is one of the few school skills a phone has quietly stopped teaching. Telling Time is a hands-on clock your child can actually touch: drag the hands, set the time, and watch the hour hand slide across the dial the way a real clock's does.

It replaces telling-time worksheets. Instead of circling an answer on a printout, your child moves real clock hands and sees straight away whether the time they made is the time that was asked for.

BUILT IN THE ORDER IT IS TAUGHT • O'clock — the hour, on the dot • Half past — half past the hour • Quarter past and quarter to • Five minutes — counting round the dial in fives • To the exact minute • Elapsed time — "it starts at 2:15 and takes 1 hour 20 minutes; when does it end?" • Digital and analog — matching the two kinds of clock to each other

TWO WAYS TO PRACTISE SET THE CLOCK — "Make it 3:30." Your child drags the minute hand round the dial and the hour hand follows along, exactly as the gears would. READ THE CLOCK — a clock face appears and your child picks the right time from four choices. The wrong choices are the mistakes children actually make: swapping the two hands, landing five minutes out, or being half an hour off.

A REAL CLOCK, NOT A CARTOON ONE The hour hand moves continuously. At half past three it sits exactly halfway between the 3 and the 4, because that is where a real clock puts it — plenty of apps park it on the 3, which teaches a child to read a clock face they will never meet in life. The hands are told apart by shape as well as by colour: short and thick for the hour, long and thin for the minutes.

A MIXED QUIZ WHEN THEY ARE READY Ten questions drawn from every skill they have practised, scored at the end — a quick way to find out what has stuck before test day.

SEE WHAT IS STICKING A progress report shows how they are doing on each skill, how many rounds they have finished, and their practice streak. Add a profile for each child and everyone's progress is kept separately.

MAKE IT THEIRS Choose from a range of clock faces and colours.

FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE Suitable for kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade — and for any older learner who wants the analog clock to finally click. Homeschoolers, teachers and tutors use it the same way.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads • No account and no sign-up • Works offline, anywhere — on the bus, in the car, in a waiting room • Nothing your child does is uploaded; their progress stays on the device • A backup file you own, so a new phone does not mean starting over

An optional once-a-day reminder can nudge a short practice session. You choose the time, and you can turn it off whenever you like.

Download Telling Time and let them learn the clock by moving the hands.

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