Using times
The purpose of this activity is to provide suggestions to whānau about how you can support the understanding of time at home by living with schedules and figuring out time.
About this resource
One of the ideas suggested is creating a maths kete at home. The kete will include materials that are helpful in learning about maths through making and finding things and playing games together. This page gives you a list of things that you can find around your house or can get cheaply from discount shops. For each item in your kete there are ideas and links to the Maths at our house activity pages, as well as links to number knowledge activities. Many of the activities are games and have cards or boards that you can print off and add to your kete.
This page provides ideas for supporting children to understand time by learning to live with schedules and figuring out problems that involve time.
Using times
Living with schedules and routines
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Set and say times for when things will happen. We are going to school at half past 8. Then I’ll pick you up at 3 o’clock. You can help me make dinner at 5 o’clock. You can have a shower at half past 7. Draw your child’s attention to a clock when it’s time to do things so they get used to seeing and hearing the time together.
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Older children can learn to read the TV guide or bus schedule, compare the digital time with the traditional clock, and learn how to work back and forth between these. Ask them to compare the schedule to their watch or phone and tell you how long before things will happen.
Figuring out time
1.
Give your children problems to solve that involve time.
- What time will it be in 20 minutes?
- How many hours will this drive take us?
- How many minutes is that?
- The movie is 110 minutes long; when should I pick you up at the cinema?
- It says the roast needs to be in for 2 hours; when will it be done?
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If calling people overseas, have your child work out what time it will be. The different time zones are given on the front of the phone book or on the internet.
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