When I was little, I was pretty capable when it came to most things. I had great verbal reasoning and could catch on to most concepts with minimal effort (if only it were so easy as an adult!) but the one thing that I remember struggling with was telling the time. I lived with my Grandparents when I was 5 and they had this little clock on top of their telly, a proper 1970’s marvel with an oblong-shaped face and no numbers, plus the classic orange second hand that all clocks seemed to have when I was a kid, and I remember spending what seemed like ages staring at that clock with my Grandad trying to explain 20-past and 10-to, to me.
My Nan used to do this thing, I don’t know if it’s just a Southern idiom, or a London thing specifically, but she didn’t say ‘twenty-five past’, she said ‘five and twenty past’ – I used to find it really funny as it reminded me of the nursery rhyme where they say “four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie”.
Anyway, the time has come where Sausage needs to learn to tell the time and the best way for her to do this is to wear a watch, so we’ve been shopping around, trying to find one which would be good for her. So far, our favourite comes from The Watch Hut:
This ICE watch looks like it’d be really sturdy, but it’s still very pretty and the numbers are bright and easy to read. Sausage will absolutely love it and it’s something that she won’t outgrow in a hurry. We love being able to teach Sausage new things, and watch her absorbing and using her new life-skills. Telling the time is one of those things that seems so simple and second-nature to an adult, but is actually really important to know, so we’re intent on providing her with the right tools to do it.
What do you think of our choice? What would you choose, if you were us?
If you need any help with teaching your kids to tell the time, there are some great resources below which are full of great tips and advice:
Here’s an Android App which is very useful
And one for iOS
It’s lovely. I was going to get one of these for myself, the colours are so vibrant 🙂
I think you’ve made a great choice. I had a digital watch when I was a child and it took me a very long time to tell the time properly as I had gotten lazy.
I think I would buy a plain one for my son. I had thought about one with a character but I think that could lead to too much distraction 🙂 x
Great choice! That is so pretty! My girls would certainly pick that colour too….hehehe