A simple, wooden clock with movable hands and indented markings to support additional needs. It feels fab, works inside and out* and makes telling the time make sense!
*Damp not dripping please!

• telling the time
• counting in 5s
• past and to
• quarters and halves
• hours and minutes
• 12-hour clock
• 24-hour clock
• analogue and digital
  - in the simplest way

Scaffolds the learning for those needing a little extra support.

Makes learning telling the time practical and sensory for every learner (including interventions) and for those with particular or additional needs including visual impairment

• Early Years Settings
• Prep and Pre-prep
• Key Stage One and Key Stage Two
• Learning at home
• Intervention groups
• One to one tutoring
• Learners with additional needs
• Learners with visual impairment
• SEND Support- especially Dyscalculia.
• Special/ Specialist Schools
• Hospital Schools

• It builds the beginnings for future learning.
• It teaches the skills for telling the time in bite-sized pieces.
• It begins with what the children know-it is based on five fingers on a glove or a hand
• It teaches the concepts of five, quarter, half, past and to in distinct, practical, visual, fun and simply unforgettable ways
• The circumference is 60cm making it possible to show the length of a minute or an hour using a linear or circular measure ( a cubed bead string)
• The concepts which lead to telling the time can be taught as soon as the children are ready
• Each concept can be embedded before the next is introduced.
• It removes the confusion caused by conventional numbering- (why does ‘20 to’ have the number 8!) and between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock
• It can be taught and revisited over as many sessions as are needed and still be fun for the child and the teacher

• Groovy Broomstix and gloves (ideally pink and turquoise gloves) - A good place to start, gradually making a clock face by introducing the gloves around the outside of a round table with the crossed Groovy Broomstix in the centre
• Cubed Abacus Beads and Laces makes the concept of 60 minutes practical and links the circumference (60cm) with the linear measurement
• The Teacher's version -  makes the Handy Clock method of telling the time an everyday occurrence and for SEND makes it ordinarily available for every learner
• A paper right angle - please show the children how you make this by folding or cutting a circle into four quarters- to learn about quarters or right angles in the environment, embedding the idea of quarter of an hour

• Remove the focus from the numbers usually written around the clock (they are only the 12-hour numbers and distract if you are counting minutes, quarters or 24 hours)
• A clock actually starts at 0 not 12- who would know from looking at it?!
• Use the Cubed Abacus Bead String to show that (on the Handy Clock) there are 60 centimetres around it. Lay out the threaded lace to show this 60 cm as a linear and visual representation
• Teach just one concept at a time - we are building the beginnings of telling the time!

• Not suitable for children under 3
• There are a few small parts - do not leave children unattended.
• Don’t leave out in the rain
• Don’t trust it to get you to work on time!