We are struggling a bit with time.
Problem 1 : There's not enough of it.
Problem 2 : W is struggling to tell it.
I'm just focussed on the second issue today. W is good at maths but if you stick a clock in front of him he'll try every trick in the book to get out of telling you what it says. If he waits long enough K will shout out the answer anyway or I'll fall asleep.
Time then for a concentrated lesson on time. The internet provides some great stepped resources to introduce and then extend, so with a cup of tea, a bucket of patience and about an hour of one-to-one, we're ending today a bit further on than we started.
W prefers online games to worksheets and as this is a tricky topic for him I'm happy to oblige until his confidence builds up. Here are some nice free resources (plenty on TES & Twinkl too) -
Start with the basics - hour/minute hands, am/pm and 24 hour clock:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/
Exercises with the colourful Bitesize characters:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/
(Pick up the worksheet for re-enforcement)
Match analogue to digital:
http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec3.html
Cheerful little plenary game:
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
Use the empty clocks from :
http://nrich.maths.org/7384/note
to write the times of your own day (wake up, breakfast, lunch, etc)
A good day, definitely time for a glass of wine.
