Time Activity Set

Time Activity Set turns learning to tell the time into a practical activity that children can see, handle and talk about. With a teaching clock, matching cards, time dice and wipe-clean resources, it brings analogue clock faces and digital times together in one set. Children move the clock hands, match different representations of the same time and connect those readings with familiar daily routines. It is a useful choice for families introducing time at home and teachers planning focused time-telling work with children aged five and over.

The movable hands give adults a clear way to demonstrate an hour or half-hour before asking a child to show it themselves. Colour-coded hours and minutes help distinguish the two parts of a clock reading, while the 13 cm-high plastic clock is convenient for close-up demonstrations. Children can pause, look again and adjust their answer, making the clock a practical talking point during a short one-to-one session or a shared table activity.

The cards extend learning beyond moving the hands. Analogue and digital puzzle cards invite children to recognise equivalent displays, while daily activity cards connect an otherwise abstract number with something meaningful, such as the order of events in a day. A parent or teacher can ask what happens before or after a chosen activity and introduce vocabulary such as earlier, later, morning and afternoon alongside the time itself.

Three time dice offer another starting point for practice. Children can roll a time, represent it on the teaching clock and explain their choice to a partner. The wipe-clean clock and activity cards allow written responses to be changed and reused, so the same resources can support repeated practice without a fresh worksheet for every attempt. Time Activity Set gives adults several ways to approach the same concept and helps keep each session focused on a manageable next step, whether that is recognising an hour, matching a display or describing a daily routine.

Explore Analogue and Digital Time

Begin with a familiar whole hour. Set the hands, say the time aloud and ask the child to find a matching digital representation. Change only the hour at first, then introduce half past when they are ready. Looking between the clock and cards provides opportunities to discuss what each hand tells us and why the position of the minute hand matters.

Connect Time with Everyday Routines

Use a small selection of daily activity cards to build a sequence. Ask children to describe what happens first, next and last, then discuss suitable times for those events. Different families have different routines, so the conversation can include more than one reasonable answer. The activity links time vocabulary with speaking, listening and sequencing.

Play and Teaching Ideas

• Show and match: one child sets the clock while another finds or writes the equivalent time.
• Roll and represent: use the hour and minute dice to choose a time, then demonstrate it with the movable hands.
• Spot the difference: present two clock readings and ask children to describe what has changed.
• My day: arrange activity cards in order and talk through the sequence using before, after, earlier and later.

Why Choose Time Activity Set?

The combination of movable hands, visual matching and reusable writing surfaces allows children to approach time in several connected ways. Adults can observe how a child arrives at an answer and use the physical clock to discuss misunderstandings. It is especially useful when a learner recognises digital numbers but is still building confidence with an analogue face.

Perfect For

• Families practising time-telling at home.
• Primary classrooms introducing and revisiting analogue and digital time.
• One-to-one teaching, paired games and small-group maths activities.
• Connecting daily routines with sequencing and time vocabulary.

Product Features

• Plastic teaching clock with movable hands and colour-coded hours and minutes.
• Analogue and digital puzzle cards for matching activities.
• Wipe-clean resources for repeated written practice.
• Time dice for varying examples and taking turns.
• Multilingual teacher’s guide.

Specifications

• Product: Time Activity Set.
• Product code: LER3220.
• Age: 5 years and over.
• Teaching clock: 1 plastic clock, 13 cm high.
• Additional clock: 1 wipe-clean clock.
• Puzzle cards: 24 double-sided analogue and digital cards.
• Daily activity cards: 12 double-sided wipe-clean cards.
• Dice: 3 supplied — 2 hour dice and 1 minute die.
• Guide: multilingual teacher’s guide included.

Care and Use

Use suitable wipe-clean pens on the designated writing surfaces and follow the supplied cleaning instructions. Keep the cards and dice together after each session. Follow the age guidance and supervise activities as appropriate; pens are not listed among the supplied contents.