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Learn to tell the time – practise the analogue clock

A cheerful game for children learning to read an analogue clock. Look at the hands and choose the right time, or set the clock yourself. Three levels take you from whole hours to five-minute intervals.

How to play

This game helps children learn to read an analogue clock. In What time is it? mode a clock face is shown with its hour and minute hands, and the child picks the matching digital time from four big buttons. In Set the clock mode a digital time is given and the child moves the hands with the plus and minus buttons until the clock is correct. Each round has ten questions and ends with a score and up to three stars.

Three levels build up the skill step by step: Easy uses only whole hours, Medium adds half hours, and Hard uses five-minute intervals. The short hour hand tells you the hour and the long minute hand tells you the minutes – a good first tip for young learners is to read the short hand first and then the long one.

In Swedish the time is often read around the half hour: halv tre means half past two (2:30, literally "half to three"), kvart över means quarter past and kvart i means quarter to. Practising on a real clock face like this one makes those expressions much easier to understand. Your best score per level is saved locally in the browser, so children can try to beat their own record.

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