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POLL: When does a child learn to read analog clocks?
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i remember learning in grade one but it may have started when i was in kindergarden.. so when i was five or six
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Well, I don't think anyone:
-Thinks about this, nor,
-Can remember since they learned that a while ago.
I know I certainly don't remember!
The poll ages go kind of high don't you think? If they can't read a clock by the age of 6 or 7, then chances are they won't ever get it.
Explanation please, what is a normal child ? Every child is different. We have three and everyone of them learned it at a different age.
Every child is different.
Some kids are getting into numbers and time-telling by the time they are 2 years old. Others take until well into Kindergarten to get the concepts of clocks and time.
As far as analog clocks go, I've seen 4 year olds with a good grasp (if not perfect) on it. My son will see one and say "It's three three zero O Clock" and he understands when we tell him what time something is going to be by a regular clock or analog. He should have it down pat by the time he turns 5 and enters Kindergarten, so that's a bit early.
Generally speaking, children should have clocks mastered by the time they complete the 1st grade. I'm not sure what the average, but I am guessing that between 4-7 years old is within 'normal' range.
Some kids are getting into numbers and time-telling by the time they are 2 years old. Others take until well into Kindergarten to get the concepts of clocks and time.
As far as analog clocks go, I've seen 4 year olds with a good grasp (if not perfect) on it. My son will see one and say "It's three three zero O Clock" and he understands when we tell him what time something is going to be by a regular clock or analog. He should have it down pat by the time he turns 5 and enters Kindergarten, so that's a bit early.
Generally speaking, children should have clocks mastered by the time they complete the 1st grade. I'm not sure what the average, but I am guessing that between 4-7 years old is within 'normal' range.
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Well, I worked with learning disabled kids who were 8-9 and no where near understanding clocks/time. That doesn't mean that an 8 year old who tell time is learning disabled, but it is later than average. Could just be for lack of opportunity or interest (as in, who cares what time it is?
).BTW, my oldest didn't walk until she was 18months old. I took her to a specialist who pointed out that she had no reason to want to walk... she was perfectly happy being carried around all the time. In contrast, my second child was off and running at 9months.
If there isn't a reason to learn how to do something, we usually don't even try.
End of first grade, at least around here. Reason I know is because my niece had to leave school early for the year for heart surgery and my sister was worried she would miss learning to tell time. And since she can already tell digital time, must have been analog.
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I just remember buying my first watch (an analog one) at around 8 years-old. I probably knew how to tell time before then, though.
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Originally posted by: Isla
Well, I worked with learning disabled kids who were 8-9 and no where near understanding clocks/time. That doesn't mean that an 8 year old who tell time is learning disabled, but it is later than average. Could just be for lack of opportunity or interest (as in, who cares what time it is?
BTW, my oldest didn't walk until she was 18months old. I took her to a specialist who pointed out that she had no reason to want to walk... she was perfectly happy being carried around all the time. In contrast, my second child was off and running at 9months.
If there isn't a reason to learn how to do something, we usually don't even try.
Well, I dont' think it's exactly that he's not interested - I'd doubt that he doesn't know how to spell 'arm' or 'hand' because he's disinterested (same for his 12-year old brother, but at least he can read clocks - multiplying is a whole another story) . . . no, he's not handicapped physically/mentally, but rather socially, I suppose: he's being "homeschooled" for religious reasons, I suspect.
I feel sorry for them.
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Originally posted by: nickdakick
That's an important info you didn't tell us.... What's going on ?
Nothing serious, but these kids have no damn clue, never been to school, and apparently, they don't learn much at home. They're healty young kids, but other then being 'homeschooled', they're fine (with the exception of not quite knowing how to act around others) - it's just that:
-Parents tell me that they're homeschooled,
-Parents also tell me that kids take summer 'breaks' during the summer,
-When I give kids crap (i.e. joke) about me being out of school early(I attend college), said homeschooled child replies "It's no different for us now then it is the rest of the year" and doesn't know how to spell "arm", "hand", etc. (and he's 12 and the other one's 8).
You figure it out.
an old fashioned clock with a Big hand and a little hand
i could tell time,and Read,and Print,{vs Writing,in "cursive"
}long before i was in kindergarten,which i started when i was about a month short of my 5th birthday.
Years ago there was very few "digital" clocks.
i am almost 45 now
I knew someone that was 14 that couldn't read analog clocks. He would make the excuse that he didn't have his glasses on and couldn't see.
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