Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Teaching time

Reading the digital clock is no problem for him but analog clock posts a bit of a problem. Today his maths worksheet needs him to read the time under the analog clock. So mother needs to teach him how to read the clock.

Actually on and off he will read the analog clock hanging on the wall, only that we do not really take it seriously to teach him. Sometimes, he reads it correctly but sometimes need our help.

So mummy uses the help of the plastic clock we bought in "Popular Bookstore" to help him understand it. Need to teach him the 1 is equivalent to 5 minutes which states on the clock. But the one mummy thinks is no good is that the clock does not state 0 and it only states 60 minutes. Knowing it was right but it should show 0 or 60 when it points to 12. Mother told Ethan that there is no such thing as 3.60 when we read the time but he said the clock stated that it is 60 printed on the plastic clock. Haa, in the end, mother had to use another digital clock to show him that when the minute counts to 59, the next one is 00. Then he only let it go.

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