In year 2 children are required to tell
the time to the nearest ¼ hour. A good
place to start is by reading o’clock and ½ past hours. Try these games over the holidays as we will
be covering time when we come back after Easter.
The Hickory Dickory Dock game at:
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
Or try playing STOP THE CLOCK: Set the time on the clock to 6 o'clock to start the game.
Decide who will go first (player 1) and who will go second (player 2).
Take it in turns to choose to move the hands of the clock on by ½ hour or by 1 hour. For example, player 1 could choose ½ hour, so the clock hands move to 6.30, then player 2 might choose 1 hour, moving the clock hands to 7.30 ... etc.
The winner is the player who moves the hands exactly onto 12 o'clock.
Can you work out a winning strategy so that you can always beat your opponent?
Take it in turns to choose to move the hands of the clock on by ½ hour or by 1 hour. For example, player 1 could choose ½ hour, so the clock hands move to 6.30, then player 2 might choose 1 hour, moving the clock hands to 7.30 ... etc.
The winner is the player who moves the hands exactly onto 12 o'clock.
Can you work out a winning strategy so that you can always beat your opponent?
Play on the sheet given drawing in the
hands for each time or go to the website to use an interactive clock.
If your child is finding this difficult
concentrate on o’clock and see if they can spot when the big hand gets to the
top of the clock. Look at the small hand
to spot the hour.
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