Telling Time Game
Telling Time is a free clock game that helps children learn to read an analog clock, step by step, from o’clock times to any minute.
Telling Time
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- Ages
- 5–9
- School years
- Kindergarten–4th Grade
- Skills
- Reading an analog clock, Hour and minute hands, O’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- Curriculum
- Common Core (1.MD.B.3, 2.MD.C.7, 3.MD.A.1)
- 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 analog clock
- Hour and minute hands
- O’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- Matching analog 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 colors 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 Kindergarten to 1st Grade, and move to 5-minute intervals by Grades 2–3.
Which level should my child play?
| School year | Suggested level |
|---|---|
| Kindergarten | O’clock |
| 1st Grade | Half past |
| 2nd Grade | Quarter past / to |
| 3rd Grade | 5 minutes |
| 4th Grade | Any minute |
Move up a level after getting three stars two or three times in a row.
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🇺🇸 Common Core links
Find games by grade →- 1.MD.B.3 1st Grade: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- 2.MD.C.7 2nd Grade: Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
- 3.MD.A.1 3rd Grade: Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes.
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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 practice “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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