Time Telling Worksheet: Circle the Correct Time!
Reading an analog clock face and choosing the matching time from three written options builds clock-reading fluency for children ages 5-7, requiring them to interpret both the hour and minute hands together rather than guessing from a single hand.
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Month 12: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first clock together and identify where the hour hand and minute hand are pointing. Read the three time options below the clock and decide which one matches what the clock shows. Have your child circle the correct time, then repeat the process for each remaining clock on the page.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
Extension activities
- •Have the child draw their own clocks and write the time shown.
- •Use a real clock to practice telling time throughout the day, checking it at meal times or bedtime.
- •Set a toy or paper clock to different times and quiz each other.
- •Play a time-matching memory game using clock face and digital time cards.
Tips for parents and teachers
Encourage the child to identify the hour and minute hands separately before combining them into a full time, since confusing the two hands is a common early mistake. Help them understand the relationship between the hands and the time by pointing out how the minute hand moves much faster than the hour hand.
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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