Telling Time
How do you teach a four year old how to read a digital clock? Repetition, apparently. For the last couple of days, most of my conversations have followed this pattern.
Michael: “Mom. What time does that clock say?”
Me: “10:27″
Michael: “Mom. What time does THAT clock say?”
Me: “10:27″
Michael: “No, Mom, what TIME does that clock say?”
Me: “Oh - 10:28″
Michael: “Okay.”
A few minutes later.
Michael: “Mom. What time does that clock say?”
Me: “10:32″
Welcome to my world.
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September 30th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
You need to tell him that clocks don’t say anything. Ask him if he hears the clock talking to him.
I’m not sure how Jake learned…but he’s so obsessed that he likes to watch all the clocks and see if they change at the same time. The microwave is above the stove and he will site there and watch them change and point out EVERY TIME which one changed first.
He might be Rainman.
The other thing he does is that it is not enough to just tell him, “in an hour” you have to tell him the exact time so he can stalk the clock.
October 1st, 2008 at 2:34 am
Ooh, your world sounds very familiar! Mine’s pretty similar, except that it also includes the words, “NOW what time is it?” repeated way too often throughout the day…
October 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
My kids ask what time is it once to often, and I’ll tell them it’s naptime… Bwahahahaha
October 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Before getting to the comments I was thinking exactly what Kim wrote, that clocks don’t talk!
October 1st, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Kim, I can always count on you for that kind of comment. Hardy, har, har. I know what you mean about Rainman. Go back and watch it after having lived with small children. It’s rather amusing to see your daily life in a movie.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Eternal Sunshine - great idea! He’d just look at me like I was nuts, though.