Telling Time Game
Telling Time is a free clock game that helps children learn to read an analogue clock, step by step, from o’clock times to any minute.
Telling Time
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- Ages
- 5–9
- School years
- Senior Infants–4th Class
- Skills
- Reading an analogue clock, Hour and minute hands, O’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- Curriculum
- Primary Curriculum
- Time
- 2–5 minutes a round
- Cost
- Free, no sign-up
- Updated
How to play Telling Time
- Choose a level: o’clock, half past, quarter past/to, 5 minutes or any minute.
- Choose whether answers appear as digital times (3:15) or in words (quarter past three).
- Look at the clock. The short blue hand shows the hour and the long orange hand shows the minutes.
- Pick the matching time for each of the 10 clocks.
What your child learns
- Reading an analogue clock
- Hour and minute hands
- O’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- Matching analogue and digital time
About Telling Time
Telling time is a life skill that many children find tricky, especially telling the hour and minute hands apart. This game colours the hands differently and builds up one level at a time.
Mistakes include common mix-ups such as swapping the hands, so kids learn to look carefully. Kids usually start with o’clock and half past in Senior Infants to 1st Class, and move to 5-minute intervals by Classes 2–3.
Which level should my child play?
| School year | Suggested level |
|---|---|
| Senior Infants | O’clock |
| 1st Class | Half past |
| 2nd Class | Quarter past / to |
| 3rd Class | 5 minutes |
| 4th Class | Any minute |
Move up a level after getting three stars two or three times in a row.
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🇮🇪 Primary Curriculum links
Find games by class →- 1st Class · Stage 2 · Measures: Time: Reading the time on an analogue clock in hours and half hours.
- 2nd Class · Stage 2 · Measures: Time: Telling the time to the quarter hour on an analogue clock.
- 3rd Class · Stage 3 · Measures: Time: Reading analogue clocks to five minutes.
Strands and strand units summarised from the Primary Mathematics Curriculum (2023) and the Primary Language Curriculum, published by the NCCA for the Department of Education (curriculumonline.ie). Both curricula set learning outcomes for two-year stages, so the class shown is our suggested starting point. Game alignment by Success Tutoring; not endorsed by the NCCA or the Department of Education.
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Frequently asked questions
At what age do kids learn to tell time?
Most children start with o’clock and half past around age 5–6, and can read time to the minute by about age 8.
Can kids practise “quarter to” and “quarter past”?
Yes. Choose the “Quarter past / to” level and switch answers to words.
Does the hour hand move realistically?
Yes. Like a real clock, the hour hand moves gradually between numbers as the minutes pass.
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