Post 3

*this post Wednesday, 3 February 2016

As promised in the last post, I will share on how I teach #kakakSA to read the time.

First, I bought an IKEA cheap and practical wall clock. It’s white. It’s clear and the right size. I don’t want any distractions while teaching. Then I post the post-it strips on each hour numbers, the minute representation. Refer to the pic below.

First start with introduction of the hands. Hour hand, minute hand and second hand. Do play with the hands to show that it moves in circle, in what direction. Write down, the basic concept. 60 sec = 1min, 60 mins = 1 hour, 24 hrs = 1 day, 12hrs day and 12rs night, according to the clock system. I make the min hand a full circle and tell her that after 60 times of full circle, then she’ll get an hour. Talk about how long an hour is (I tell her this because in a day after Quran recital and a page of Peter&Jane, she gets an hour of TV/game slot). It is a 60 full circle round the clock. Talk on how we should not waste our time.

Then I tell her how to read the hour hand. If the hand is in front of the number, it should be that time. When the min hand reaches 60mins/12, means entering new hour. I also put the min hand at ie: 28 mins to get her brush her counting skill.

After few times and I am confidence of her understanding, we start to do guess the time activity. Using the same clock, I ask her to guess the time. I write down the answer on the whiteboard. I see this as an important action in order to show that I am with her with time reading learning, and simultaneously let her see how we write down time (ie: 7.15, 7 is the place for hr, and 15 is the place for min)

She enjoyed the activity so much that she said it is better than eating choc. Hahaha.. sweet talker betul

And that’s about it for the first day 1. Few days afterward would simply be guess the time activity, and I also downloaded time reading activity from the net. I was impressed because she did all correctly. Of course with reference to the IKEA clock for the minute reading. As of now, she just need to memorize the general minute (5, 10, 15, 20, et. Al) representations on each number on the clock face.

Next plan is to teach her how to count money and manage it well. Coz I am no better at fund@money management myself and I find it’s an important value for everyone. Not just time manangement. hahaha

I think that ends today’s post. I’ll continue tomorrow with the super awesome homemade playdough recipe.

#donchwannacountdulldays,

Atul