Make an Easy Clock for Teaching Time

So many of us rely on digital clock (or reading the time on our phones), but it’s still important for kids to learn how to tell time using a clock with hands.

This easy DIY clock from Playdough and Popsicles is a great way to help kids learn about time. She used a cardboad pizza round, but you could cut a round out of cardboard or even use a square or rectangular piece.

The numbers and hands of the clock are made out of foam, so you might have everything you need to make this already in your house.

The post also gives some ideas for helping kids learn about time, such as talking about what time it is and when things happen in your routine, reading books about time and using videos or apps to help teach about time.

If you have other ideas you’ve used to teach about time, I’d love to hear them!

[Photo via Playdough and Popsicles.]

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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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