Make Your Own Clock Worksheet: Time Telling Fun!
This hands-on craft has children ages 4-6 cut out and glue numbers in order around a clock face, then draw hands to show different times, combining number sequencing with an introduction to how an analog clock is structured. Physically placing each number themselves, rather than reading a pre-printed clock, helps children internalize why the numbers 1 through 12 are arranged in that specific circular order. Drawing the hands afterward extends the activity from static number placement into functional time-telling practice.
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Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Cut out the numbers 1 through 12 and have your child arrange them in order around the blank clock face before gluing anything down, checking the sequence together first. Once the order is confirmed, glue each number into its correct position around the circle. After the clock face is complete, call out a simple time, like '2 o'clock,' and have your child draw the hour and minute hands to match. Repeat with a few different times, checking each drawing together.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil or Marker
Extension activities
- •Practice setting the craft clock's hands to different times you call out.
- •Use a real analog clock at home to point out the hour and minute hands in action.
- •Create a second clock using a paper plate and construction paper for extra practice.
- •Talk through your family's daily schedule using the times shown on the craft clock.
- •Play a guessing game where your child sets a time and you guess what activity might happen then.
Tips for parents and teachers
Encourage the child to say the numbers as they glue them on the clock, which reinforces both the counting sequence and the clock's layout. Help them understand the placement of the numbers and the function of the clock hands, especially that the hour hand is shorter and moves more slowly than the minute hand. If gluing all twelve numbers feels like a lot, split the activity across two sittings to keep focus high.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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