Time & Calendars
Understanding time helps children organise their day, follow routines, arrive at places on time and understand how long everyday activities take.
Calendars help us understand days, weeks, months and years, while clocks help us understand hours and minutes. This section will use practical games and activities to make both easier to learn.
Our activities will include visual clocks, clear instructions, large touch-friendly controls and, where possible, spoken information to support children who learn best by listening.
Explore Time & Calendars
We will build activities that begin with daily routines and simple clocks and progress through calendars, elapsed time and practical planning.
Learn the Clock
Discover the hour hand and minute hand and learn how the parts of an analogue clock work together.
Activities ComingTell the Time
Practise reading clocks, beginning with whole hours and progressing to half hours, quarter hours and minutes.
Activities ComingDigital Time
Learn how digital clocks display time and match digital times with analogue clock faces.
Activities ComingMy Daily Routine
Connect times of day with everyday activities such as getting up, school, meals, play and bedtime.
Activities ComingDays & Weeks
Learn the days of the week, what comes before and after, and how seven days make a week.
Activities ComingMonths & Calendars
Explore the months of the year and learn how to find important dates on a calendar.
Activities ComingHow Long Does It Take?
Explore minutes and hours and work out how long different activities and events last.
Activities ComingTime Challenges
Solve practical time problems involving appointments, journeys, school activities and everyday schedules.
Activities ComingUnderstanding Time Builds Independence
Learning about clocks and calendars is about much more than answering maths questions. These skills help children understand routines, plan activities, follow schedules and become more confident managing everyday life. Our activities will build these skills step by step using practical situations children can recognise.