First Grade Telling Time Activities & Lessons

Teaching first grade kids how to tell time can be a challenge. Before teaching time, it might be a good idea to teach them fractions.  Once they’ve mastered fractions, it will be easier to teach them what whole, half, and quarter hours mean.

It is also a good idea to both a digital clock and an analog clock for your lessons.

Lesson Plan

If you’re not sure where to start, you can get great ideas from these lesson plans.

Song

I recommend starting every lesson about time with the first song listed below.  It helps reinforce the concepts in a fun way.  The second song can be used for a telling time activity after the concept of time is understood.

Activities

If you’re looking for free telling time activities, the ones listed below are sure to be a fun way to help your first grader learn hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour.

Worksheets

If you want to help your first grader practice writing time between an analog and digital clock, these worksheets are great.   Put them in a page cover and let the child repeat doing them with a dry erase marker.