Time measurement

Hello!

How are you doing today? I hope you are all great. 

In this post I want to talk about a topic that I really like, and I think is pretty interesting. As always in this blog, related to measurement in Primary Education.

When we hear the word measurement, I am sure that what come our minds is to measure length, weight… But what about measuring time? It is also very important to teach our students about it, and I feel that sometimes it is a bit forgotten, or we give it less importance than what it really has.

Measuring time can be a fun and interesting thing to learn when you are child, and there are hundreds of different activities that I love! I am going to give you two ideas that I have seen during the internships I have already done at schools and that were so successful.

1. Create your own clocks! You just need a paper plate, some cardboard and colors, it is really fun. Once you have created it, play with a partner to guess the time he or she put in his/her clock.

2. Time bingo! For this activity the teacher just needs to print one board for each student in the class. You can play all together at the same time, and see who are the first three winners!

Finally, here you have a video where the basic concepts about time measurement are explained in a clear and simple way!

Any idea or comment is welcomed!

Thanks for reading!