Teaching How to Tell Time? We Can Help!

You’re in the right place! The Teach Starter team has been hard at work creating new and useful resources to help you teach your pupils how to tell time, starting with a handy Telling Time printable poster.

This poster breaks down the art of telling time into small chunks, giving pupils a visual reference of the hours/minutes, the units of conversion between time increments, and the difference between A.M. and P.M.

Ways to Use Your Telling the Time Poster

Looking for ideas on ways to use this poster in the classroom? Try these on for size!

• Introduce the basic concepts of time using the poster. Explain the components of a clock, such as the hour hand, minute hand, and clock face.
• Display the poster prominently in the classroom and incorporate it into the daily routine. Discuss and point to the current time during morning meetings or transitions.
• Plan activities around the time poster, such as having pupils create their own clocks or participate in time-based games and exercises.
• To help pupils transition between analogue and digital clocks, add additional information to the poster, such as digital time representations.
• Provide pupils with a smaller version of the anchor chart to reference when completing time-related homework.

Download and Print Your Telling the Time Poster

This printable resource is available in two versions: full colour and black and white. Click the download button to download your printable PDF resource file. Make your copy, and you’re ready to teach!