Telling time is a tricky business, especially for learners.

But as a teacher, one can make learning

how to tell time a fun activity by making clocks with learners. The teacher can make an
improvised analog which makes the learning of time much easier as compared to a digital clock.
An improvised clock can play the role of an exhibit to provide evidence that is required to
enlighten learners on how to interpret the moving and static parts of a clock. However, before the
teacher makes the clock, he or she should make sure learners know the basics. Once the clocks
are made, the teacher can start teaching them the different blocks of time. Models as a form of an
exhibit possess some weaknesses that should be overcomed.

Clocks are instruments that measure and show the time. An analog clock is a clock or watch that
has moving hands and (usually) hours marked from 1 to 12 to show you the time. In short, an
analogue clock is a clock with three moving hands, namely the hour hand, minute hand, and
second hand to show you the time. An exhibit in this context refers to evidence which can be
used by the teacher to substantiate to what has been described or explained. It can be defined as
media used to convey meaning or implications of the concept. In other words, exhibit is the
concrete or visual or audio evidence to what is being taught to learners.

The first step to complete with learners is to make sure that they can count up to 60. Learners
need to be able to count to 60 (in the correct order) in order to tell time. The teacher should have
learners write down the numbers 1 through 60 on a piece of paper. After that, learners should
practice counting by fives. Understanding groups of five will also make learning to tell time
much easier. The teacher should have learners write down increments of five on a sheet of paper
up to 60. As they write the numbers, the teacher have them recite them as well.

The teacher will then show learners the analog and describe its features before alluding to
learners the general concept of time. General concepts of time are the morning, noon, the
evening, and nighttime. Learners should be familiarized with these concepts by associating each
concept with certain activities.

The exhibit can also assist learners to master skip method of mastering skip counting by 5s.
Next, the teacher can teach learners how to skip count by 5s by recognizing the pattern on the
hundred chart. The teacher can remove strips written numbers such that learners can be able to
tell time even if it’s numbered in Roman Numerals. After learners have the clock numbers
committed to memory, the teacher can see if they remember the position of the numbers when

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presented with a numberless clock. The teacher can create a simple pegging activity to match
the numbers to the clock.

However, use of improvised clocks has its weaknesses. Although such a model as an exhibit is
instrumental in developing the vocabulary bank of learners, it has its weaknesses. Models are
human inventions, based on an incomplete understanding of how nature works. Models use, as a
comparison, something that is familiar to explain or describe something that is unfamiliar.
Consequently, most models are limited or "wrong" in some key aspect. Keep this is mind, as
learning problems may arise if your students take a different meaning from the model than the
one you intended. For example, students may learn the model rather than the concept it is meant
to illustrate. Likewise, they may lack awareness of the boundary between the model and the
reality the model represents. They may lack the necessary visual imagery to understand the
model, or they may fail to distinguish between a mental image and a concrete model.

In conclusion, this essay has explicitly explained how the improvised clock can be used to
develop the concept of time in the classroom. Media is so important in as much as teaching and
learning is concerned because it is an eye-opener. It helps the teacher to convey his message with
efficacy and clarity. It is the best way of motivating learners to learn and it is the hub of every
teaching and learning in primary school learners.