How to Make a Personalized Time-Telling Game

You can use a clock and a digital camera to make a personalized time-telling game for your child.

Teaching your child to tell time can be much easier than you think - and a lot of fun. Make this simple game to help teach your child to tell time.

Things You'll Need

• Analog clock
• digital camera
• printer
• 4x6 unlined index cards
• clear adhesive paper
• your child

Instructions

1. Pick out half a dozen specific times in your child's daily routine - eating breakfast, leaving for school, eating lunch, getting home from school, dinner time and bedtime are a good basic list.

2. Take photos of the clock set to the time that your child does each of the things on your list.

3. Take photos of your child doing each of the things on your list.

4. Transfer the photos to your computer and print each photo on an index card.

5. Optional: Sandwich each index card between sheets of self-adhesive transparent plastic or laminate each card.

6. Have your child match the correct clock face with each photo activity card. Add a little challenge to the exercise by letting him race the clock using a kitchen timer.

Tips & Warnings

• Add more activities to make the game harder once your child has mastered the basic activities.