My little boy has taken a real interest in learning to read an analog clock recently and so I went about making a clock template for him so that we could practice together.

Of course, I couldn’t leave it at just a printable clock! Thinking that teachers might be looking for telling time worksheets to help their students learn, I made a few different ‘telling time’ worksheets that could be used in the classroom or in a homeschooling environment.

Just print out the above page with the clock face on cardstock or on regular paper and glue onto heavier cardboard or a paper plate. Then poke a hole in the center and attach the hands on using a split pin or brad so that the hands can move around the clock.

Teaching Kids to Tell the Time

Here are a few tips to get started teaching children to read an analog clock. Start simply and don’t rush things, do a little at a time each day, and your little one will soon amaze you with their telling-time skills! Start with just focusing on the hours to begin with and once your child is comfortable with that, then move on to the minutes, etc.

Order to Teach Telling the Time

→ o’clock → half past → quarter past/to → counting by fives → trickier times.

Teach hours first:

• Practice reading times when the minute hand points to 12.
• Ask questions like, “The short hand is pointing to 3. What time is it?

Introduce half past:

• Explain that when the minute hand points to 6, it means 30 minutes have passed. Show the small minute marks between each number so they understand that 30 minutes are between the 12 and the 6.
• Practice times such as 2:30, 5:30, and 8:30.

Teach quarter past and quarter to

• Minute hand on 3 = quarter past (:15). Show the minute marks and count 15. Point out that that is 1/4 of the clock.
• Minute hand on 9 = quarter to the next hour (:45). Again, show the minute marks and count 45 (can count by 5’s). Point out that there is a quarter of the clock face before the next hour.

Count by fives

• Show that each number on the clock represents 5 minutes for the minute hand.
• Practice counting: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc.

Reading the time

• First look at the hour hand.
• Then count the minutes using the minute hand.
• Put the two together (for example, hour hand near 4 and minute hand on 8 = 4:40).

Connect telling the time to your child’s routines

• “We eat lunch at 12:00.”
• “Bedtime is at 8:30.”

These worksheets can be used once the child has a feel for reading the time and has practiced with the printed clock a bit.

Telling Time Practice Pages

• Telling the Time – use this page for lots of practice writing out the time in both analog and digital formats.
• What time is it? – use this page to call out a time that kids can then draw the hands on the analog clock and also practice writing the time in digital format.
• Telling Time : Digital, Analog, Written Form – use this page so that kids can write out the time in the three different formats, and see all three side-by-side.
• Teacher Resource – this page can be used to call out various times for students to write on their practice pages. A good way so you don’t lose track of what you’ve already called out!

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Learning Clock Printable & Telling the Time Worksheets

Please click on the image or on each button below the image to download the file for the learning clock and telling the time worksheets.

Please let me know in the comments if you and your child/students found these pages helpful!

New Detailed Clock Added!

I thought I would add a new, more detailed clock to this post for anyone looking for a more in-depth teachable clock face.

This printable learning clock features:

• clock divided into quarters showing: 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes.
• the seconds labelled around the outside of the clock so children can see the seconds for the whole clock as well as 5 minute intervals in bold.
• o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to labels so children can learn the proper terminology when speaking about time.

Detailed Learning Clock PDF – Download Below

Detailed Learning Clock PNG – Download Below