Thursday, September 26, 2013

Free Time Worksheets for Teachers

free time worksheetsTeach Students to Tell Time with Free Printable Worksheets

What time is it? That may be easy for you to answer, but to a student who hasn’t yet learned to tell time, it may not be so easy. That’s where you come in, fabulous teacher. Of course, you’ll need great resources to help you teach these concepts to your students. At PrintablesFree.com, you’ll find many such resources. Whether you’re teaching math, time, money or many other subjects, you’ll find something suitable and fun to help you out in the classroom. The free printable worksheets are easy to print and easy to use. You can’t go wrong! Because there’s no cost, you can print as many as you need, save them to your computer and share them with your colleagues. We’re consistently adding new content, so be sure to check back for the latest worksheets in your favorite subject areas!

Free Printable Time Worksheets

How do students learn to tell time? They learn several different ways. The first, of course, is by learning to look at the clock in the classroom to tell time. First, they learn what the hour hand is, then the minutes. Although they learn about the second hand, too, that’s rarely important at a young age. Unfortunately, many children don’t learn to properly tell time at home. We are so accustomed to using digital clocks these days that clocks with hands seem increasingly outdated. That’s not the case, though, as these types of clocks are coming back into fashion as people look for more retro décor for their homes. Hopefully, more homes will get back to using clocks with hands and faces rather than those glowing numbers. The free printable time worksheets at PrintablesFree.com teach students how to recognize where the hands are to tell time. They’ll also get a chance to draw hands on the clock according to the times they’re given. These are fun time worksheets that most students will enjoy completing.

Telling Time Worksheets

Students often learn better by doing rather than by hearing or watching. These free time telling worksheets help students engage their hands and their brains in telling time. For each time listed, the student will draw the hands in the appropriate locations on the clock. The student must draw both the minute hand and the hour hand. It’s a great way to learn about time because the activity encourages both creativity and critical thinking skills. Students can complete this individually or in pairs. Once the activity is finished and you’ve reviewed the worksheets, remember to send them home with a fun task or activity to complete, too. Perhaps you can ask them to write down the time that dinner is ready that night, what time they go to bed or what time they wake up. It’s not a boring homework assignment but rather a fun, quick activity that can be done in under a minute. It gets students thinking about time while they’re at home as well as when they’re in school.