Yesterday, we started practicing telling time.  The children started with identifying the hands on a clock.  Next, we practiced telling times to the hour.  Today, we started moving on to the half hour.  I had the children do some physical movement to feel their body making a full turn around, a half turn around, and we even attempted the quarter turns.  The children used their arms like the hands on a clock, to demonstrate how they travel around the clock.  This was a pretty difficult task for many.  Any opportunity that you have at home for the children to read a clock, would be really helpful.  If you are looking for a holiday present idea, a clock would be a great idea… 🙂  We will continue to practice telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour.  Some children have moved on to practicing time to the minute, and figuring out elapsed time.