‘Clock – Learning to Tell the Time’ wooden puzzle

About the game

When’s it time to go out for a walk? How long until lunch? And why does the clock have two hands? Children’s questions about time mark the start of an engaging game where they can move the hands themselves, set the numbers and find the answers.

You can’t see time or hold it in your hands — but with this clock, you can. This wooden clock with moving hands and a digital display helps children understand hours and minutes, morning, afternoon and evening, and learn to tell the time on both analogue and digital clocks.

From the first full hour to more complex tasks — step by step, your child learns to navigate time.

In the set

• a wooden clock measuring 32 × 23 cm on a stand, with a removable dial and moving hands
• numerals for the digital display (day and night)
• 30 tasks of varying difficulty

How to play

1. Explain to your child: the dial has numbers from 1 to 12 and 60 markings; the short hand shows the hours, the long hand shows the minutes.
2. Choose a task: set the hands, tell the time or lay out the numbers on the display board.
3. Compare the time shown by the hands with that on the display board.

Where to start

Start with whole hours, then move on to half-hours. Minutes and times in the evening (for example, 22:00) are the next step.

Game variations

• ‘Match the pattern’ — using the card;
• ‘Tell the time using the hands’;
• ‘Set the hands yourself’;
• Plan the daily routine: what we do in the morning, during the day and in the evening.

What children can practise

• understanding time: hours, minutes, parts of the day
• reading analogue and digital clocks
• logical thinking and attention to detail

Who it’s for

Children aged 6 and over; at home, at school, or during lessons with a teacher.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.