Children really have no time distinction, the only way to know, that it is night is when the sky gets dark, and when it is morning it is because the sun makes its visit with its rays in its window. But there is something that they always want to investigate by means of a garment called a watch, this causes great curiosity because when the time is asked an adult person goes to his watch to answer the question they asked him.
There are many children who do not like to learn the time, but there are children who are quite curious and much more when they are advancing in their age. It is a nice opportunity to teach your child mathematics, because if you have a child with problems learning to solve math, teaching him the time can help the child learn not only the time but also their homework.
When you promise a child to take a specific day to the beach, park or buy video games, I assure you that the child will be very hurried to the time to go to that event you invited him. It is one of the moments where they begin to intensify by learning the time and also the weekdays.
They are mostly interested in needle watches, since they see it as interesting because of the movements of the needles, this allows the digital ones to play a special role in their lives. If your child has a mastery of the numbers at least until the number 60 is with the ability to learn the time will not be easy but with the following strategies it is possible for the child to learn very fast.
Strategies for your child to learn the time
Use the colors: you look for a sheet and cut it into a circle, using each color with the hours, this allows the child through color to know the number that corresponds to move according to the minutes.
Pasta: Better known as spaghetti, they come in the form of sticks, and this shape draws much attention in children, this can help you because these sticks are fragile and can be cut more easily, giving it the shape of number.
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- uses a digital clock: let the child manipulate him, that he feels in confidence with him, of course he will start with a cycle of questions, it is the moment where you can explain to him that the day has 24 hours, and every hour has 60 minutes and every 60 seconds, the clock will help you because it is in constant motion.
A platico de platico: it can help you when you use it with two pieces of cardboard that make the paper of the needles, this causes that they turn of correct form, this will allow you to explain to him the form as they move the needles of the clock, without precise of confuse them.
Take a large clock of needles: stand in front of the clock with your child, and show that the needle moves every time it reaches 60 seconds, this allows the child to count the numbers every time the second hand moves.
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Note that also with disposable materials we can teach the numbers of the time to our children, this allows the children to use their imagination to create their own watch, showing that their motor skills when cutting cardboard or cardboard.
Working daily these strategies your child can have a great reading at the time of telling the time, and you will see that your child can maintain the conviction of identifying with time in time in which the day is.
Keep in mind that if you move from country or continent, your child will not have any inconvenience to the amount of seeing the time, as in your school, you can know the time of departure and even the time of entry.
