Telling Time: Minutes
Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past and quarter to, and draw clock hands to show these times
What a learner can do afterwards
- Read an analogue clock showing 3:25
- Write 'quarter past 9' or '9:15'
- Draw clock hands to show twenty to four
1 · Read
You already know the hour hand and half past. Now let's read the minute hand too. Every number on the clock stands for five minutes. Count around by fives: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and on to 60.
Mia checks the clock before dinner. The minute hand points to the 9, so it shows forty-five minutes past eight. That is the same as quarter to nine, or 8:45.
Two minute-hand spots have special names. Pointing to the 3 is quarter past (fifteen minutes). Pointing to the 9 is quarter to the next hour (forty-five minutes).
Every clock number counts five minutes, and quarter past and quarter to are just two special stops along the way.
More to read
Telling time review
Reading a clock is like reading a story. First find the hour, then find the minutes. Put them together.
Draw hands to show a time. Check that the short hand sits just past the hour when minutes are large.
How to Teach Kids to Tell Time: Simple Instructions
Clocks show hours and minutes. The short hand points near the hour. The long hand points to the minutes.
When the long hand points straight up, it is o clock. When it points down, it is half past. Practice with a toy clock.
Telling Time
Reading a clock is like reading a story. First find the hour, then find the minutes. Put them together.
Draw hands to show a time. Check that the short hand sits just past the hour when minutes are large.
Converting units of time review (seconds, minutes, & hours)
Time comes in seconds, minutes and hours. Sixty seconds make one minute. Sixty minutes make one hour.
Count around the clock to feel it. The long hand moves fast for minutes. The short hand moves slow for hours.
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2 · Watch
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Where this leads
18 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.