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What time is it?

The short hand tells the hour, and the long hand tells the minutes. Kids turn the hands with a finger, then learn to tell time by solving reading-the-clock and setting-the-clock puzzles. It goes step by step, from o'clock all the way to 5-minute intervals.

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At a glance

Players: 1 player (best with a grown-up)
Ages: 4–7
Play time: About 3–5 minutes
Levels · Modes: Turn the Hands · What Time Is It? · Set the Clock / o'clock · half past · quarter hours · 5 minutes

How to play

Choose Turn the Hands · What Time Is It? · Set the Clock, then pick a level: o'clock, half past, quarter hours, or 5 minutes.
Turn the Hands: Turn the heart hand (hours) and the star hand (minutes), and a voice reads the time aloud. It starts at the actual current time.
What Time Is It?: Look at the clock and pick the right time from three choices.
Set the Clock: Move the hands to the time the voice says. Finish all 5 puzzles for some praise.

Tips

Start at the "o'clock" level and practice looking at just the short hand.
Use Turn the Hands to show your child how turning the long hand all the way around moves the short hand one step.
Stuck on Set the Clock? Tap the Help button, and it shows a faint outline of where the hands should go.

What it practices

Reading a clockLearn to tell the hour and the minutes apart.

Number conceptsPractice counting by 5s.

Sense of timeConnect clock times to the flow of the day, like morning, afternoon, and evening.

Great for

Kids ages 4–7 learning to tell time
Kids getting ready to start elementary school
Parents who want their kids to hear time read in another language

Good to know

In English, the voice reads times the English way, like "three o'clock," "three oh five," or "three thirty." Switch the language and it reads them the way each language does. In Turn the Hands, the time of day (early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, or night) is shown along with the time.

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