Telling the time is like reading a stopwatch

The day has been going on for one minute. One minute after midnight. What

The day has been going on for five minutes. Five minutes after midnight. What

How many minutes has the day been going on now? Fifty-five minutes after midnight.

Now 60 minutes, or one full hour has passed, and the minute hand is

The small hand shows how many hours the day has lasted. We call this

The minute hand tells us how many minutes past (or to) each hour. The

O’clock When the minute hand is pointing to the 12, we count the time

What time is it? Remember to look at the hour hand. 1 o‘clock

Half past When 30 minutes have passed and the minute hand is pointing to

What time is it? The hour hand will also be half way between numbers.

Quarter past When 15 minutes have passed and the minute hand is pointing to

What time is it? Remember to read the number that the hour hand has

Quarter to When 45 minutes have passed and the minute hand is pointing to

What time is it? Remember to read the number that is ahead of the

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Telling the time is like reading a stopwatch. The zero on the stopwatch is midnight or 12 o’clock. And the day begins…

The day has been going on for one minute. One minute after midnight. What does our ‘stopwatch’ clock show? The big hand moves one small place step every minute. We call this the minute hand. We say: one minute past twelve 1 minute past 12

The day has been going on for five minutes. Five minutes after midnight. What does our clock show? The minute hand has moved five small place steps to the number one. Each of the clock numbers is five minutes. We say: five past twelve 5 past 12

How many minutes has the day been going on now? Fifty-five minutes after midnight. 55 minutes after midnight. The minute hand has almost moved a full circle. Each full circle is an hour. How many minutes until an hour?

Now 60 minutes, or one full hour has passed, and the minute hand is pointing to the 12 again. How do we know one hour has passed on our clock?

The small hand shows how many hours the day has lasted. We call this the hour hand. When exactly one hour has passed, we say: one o’clock 1 o’clock

The minute hand tells us how many minutes past (or to) each hour. The hour hand tells us how many hours since 12 o’clock. Time to learn how to read and use both hands together.

O’clock When the minute hand is pointing to the 12, we count the time in whole hours.

What time is it? Remember to look at the hour hand. 1 o‘clock

What time is it? 2 o‘clock

What time is it? 5 o‘clock

What time is it? 10 o‘clock

Half past When 30 minutes have passed and the minute hand is pointing to the 6, we say: half past ½ past

What time is it? The hour hand will also be half way between numbers. Be sure you read the number that the hour hand has passed! Half past 7

What time is it? Half past 9

What time is it? Half past 12

What time is it? Half past 4

Quarter past When 15 minutes have passed and the minute hand is pointing to 3, we say: quarter past ¼ past

What time is it? Remember to read the number that the hour hand has passed! Quarter past 9