My Book to Practice Time

Telling time is more than a maths lesson. It’s a life skill children will use every single day.

My Book to Practice Time is a 17-page printable PDF resource for children aged 7 years and older, designed to help learners understand clocks and practice telling time through clear explanations and engaging, hands-on activities.

What Is This Book About?

This booklet helps children build confidence with the basic concepts of telling time.

Learners are introduced to the short hand for hours and the long hand for minutes, counting minutes in fives, the relationship between hours and minutes, and the difference between analogue and digital clocks. The booklet then focuses on reading and showing o’clock and half-past times.

Instead of simply looking at clocks and writing answers, children practice the skill in several different ways. Activities include cutting and pasting, drawing clock hands, reading clocks, writing times in words, matching times and working with everyday situations such as school, meals, appointments and activities.

Why Teachers and Parents Will Love It

Learning to tell time can be tricky because children need to understand several concepts at once: two clock hands, numbers around the clock, minutes counted in fives and the language we use when talking about time.

My Book to Practice Time breaks these concepts into smaller, manageable steps before giving children plenty of opportunities to practice.

The activities move from learning the parts of a clock to actually reading and creating times independently, making this a useful resource for classroom lessons, homeschooling, revision, homework or extra practice.

Advantages of My Book to Practice Time

• 17-page printable time resource
• Designed for children aged 7+ years
• Introduces the hour and minute hands
• Teaches children to count clock minutes in fives
• Reinforces that 1 hour equals 60 minutes
• Introduces analogue and digital clocks
• Practices o’clock and half-past times
• Develops clock-reading skills
• Includes drawing clock hands
• Includes reading and writing times
• Uses everyday situations to make time more meaningful
• Includes cut-and-paste activities
• Encourages independent practice
• Suitable for classroom, homeschool and additional practice at home
• Print the pages again whenever more practice is needed

Resource Details

Age: 7+ years
Pages: 17
Topic: Telling Time
Focus: Reading and understanding clocks, o’clock and half-past times
Skills: Time, analogue clocks, digital clocks, hours, minutes, counting in fives, reading clocks and drawing clock hands
Format: Digital PDF

This is a digital, printable product. No physical book will be shipped. After purchase, download the PDF and print the pages you need. Scissors, glue, pencils, crayons and other physical materials are not included.

From knowing which hand shows the hour to confidently reading the time on a clock, every little bit of practice counts.

My Book to Practice Time gives children the explanation and repetition they need to turn “What time is it?” into a question they can confidently answer for themselves.