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RECOGNISE THE

CLOCK AND TIME


This is a clock
face. There are
numbers from 1
to 12.
Hour
hand Minute
hand

The short hand is the hour hand.


The long hand is the minute hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOcqZ86USNk
The minute hand Half an
moves over half
of the clock face.
hour
30 minutes
The minute hand Quarter
moves over one of an
over four of the
clock face. hour
15 minutes
The minute hand
Three
moves over three quarters
over four of the of an hour
clock face.
45 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbw99P1dWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jn2-Jv7DoE
When the minute
hand is pointed to
the 12 we say o
‘clock.
We say quarter past
because a quarter of
the hour has passed.
We say half past
because half of the
hour has passed.
After half past, then we count
how many minutes more
there are before the next hour,
so we say quarter to .
15 minutes called quarter past
30 minutes called half past
45 minutes called quarter to

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