Learn to tell the time with Numberblocks
Numberblock Three has lost one of her red juggling ball buttons! Can detective Numberblock One help Three to find it by telling the time?
Learn about the big and little hands on the clock
As One goes over the evidence to retrace Three's steps, let's learn how to tell the time.
Explain to your little one the difference between the big hand and the little hand, and how to learn to recognise the hour on the clock.
When the big hand is pointing straight up, it's something o'clock.
Then look to see what number the small hand is pointing to.
Put those two answers together and you get the time!
Activity One
Try out some activities together and work through what we have learned.
Take a look at the clock in the office in the picture above.
Can you tell what time it is?
You can see that the big hand is pointing straight up, so it's something o'clock.
Next, where is the little hand pointing? It's pointing to the three.
Put them together to find the time.
That means it's three o'clock in One's office! Nice work!
Let's try another activity.
Activity Two
Take a look at the clock in the picture above. Three says this is the time she woke up.
Can you tell what time it is?
You can see that the big hand is pointing straight up, so it's something o'clock.
Next, where is the little hand pointing? It's pointing to the eight.
Put them together to find the time.
That means it was eight o'clock when Three woke up!
Want another go? Try the next activity.
Activity Three
Take a look at the clock in the picture above.
This activity is difficult, so work it out with your child slowly.
You can see that the big hand is pointing straight up, so it's something o'clock.
Next, where is the little hand pointing? It's tricky to see, but it's pointing in the same direction, to the twelve.
Put them together to find the time.
That means it's twelve o'clock! We call twelve o'clock in the afternoon 'noon', and twelve o'clock at night 'midnight'.
Final activity: Ask your little one what time it was when Three left the museum, just one hour after 12 o'clock.
Want more resources to tell the time?
If you need more support in learning to tell the time, check out these other CBeebies resources:
The Numberblocks special, About Time, on BBC iPlayer.
Try Hey Duggee and earn The Telling Time Badge.
Test your little one's knowledge with Maddie's Do you Know time telling quiz.
More Numberblocks on CBeebies
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