Learn to tell the time
This friendly analog clock teaches time-telling two ways. In Explore mode a child drags the short hour hand and the long minute hand — or uses the plus and minus buttons — and the time appears both in digits and in plain words, like "quarter past three." It connects the moving hands to the numbers, which is exactly the leap that makes reading a clock click.
From o'clock to five-minute times
Quiz mode shows a clock and asks the child to pick the matching time, and it levels up gently: first o'clock, then half past, then quarter past and to, and finally every five minutes. Correct answers get a cheer; a wrong tap is a friendly nudge to look again at the short hand for the hour and the long hand for the minutes.
For home and the classroom
Hands can be dragged on a touchscreen or nudged with the keyboard steppers, everything is labelled for screen readers, animations respect reduced-motion, and no data is collected — a hands-on clock ready to hand to a child.
For parents and teachers: a visual aid for telling the time, best paired with real-life practice.
Frequently asked questions
What ages is it for?
It suits children around ages 5 to 8 learning to read an analog clock, from o'clock up to five-minute times.
Why practise with an analog clock?
Analog clocks show time as a continuous, visual thing — the moving hands build a stronger sense of how minutes and hours relate than digits alone.
How do I read an analog clock?
The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes. When the long hand points to 12 it is o'clock; each number it passes is five minutes.
What is the difference between AM and PM?
AM covers midnight to noon; PM covers noon to midnight. A 24-hour clock avoids the confusion by numbering the hours 0 to 23.
How do I convert between 12-hour and 24-hour time?
After noon, add 12 to the hour: 3 PM is 15:00. Before 1 PM the hour stays the same, with midnight written as 00:00.