Free Printable Telling Time Worksheets
Learning to tell time and read clocks is a fundamental part of a young child’s education and a skill they’ll likely use on a daily basis. The process of learning to tell time can foster a strong foundation in mathematical concepts.
Understanding the concept of hours, minutes, and seconds, as well as the relationship between numbers and the hands of a clock, introduces children to basic math principles like counting, addition, and subtraction.
What’s Included in the Telling Time Worksheets?
The ABCmouse Time Telling Worksheets are geared towards children in kindergarten and grade 1 through grade 2. Each worksheet is designed to give your child the opportunity to practice reading a clock, as they work to understand what each of the hands on a clock mean, as well as the numbers and minute markers. You’ll find the following in this bundle of telling time worksheets:
- Telling time to the hour worksheets
- Telling time to the half hour worksheets
- Telling time to the quarter hour worksheets
- Telling time to the minute worksheets
Kids learn at different rates. If you feel like your kindergartener is ready to start learning to read clocks or your first or second grader needs to review telling time, these worksheets can help. Simply download and print out the worksheets so your child can learn and review at their own pace.
Tips for Using Your Free Printable Telling Time Worksheets
Recommended for: Kindergarten, Grade 1–Grade 2
⭐ Hours, Then Minutes
Children typically learn to tell time by understanding whole hours and half-hours first, and move on to learning about quarter-hours and five-minute intervals, then minute-to-minute intervals.
⭐ More Practice Opportunities
Use the blank space on the back of these worksheets to draw more clocks and challenge your child to either identify the time you’ve drawn on the clock or to draw the minute and hour hands onto the clock for a specific time you give them.
⭐ Clock Spotter
Clocks are all around us. Help your child spot clocks around them and encourage them to determine the time on the clock. If you encounter mostly digital clocks, ask your child to picture what the time would look like on an analog clock or to show you which numbers on the digital clock represent the hour and which ones represent the minutes.
