Let's Design Watches

The smartphone has replaced many products in our lives such as cameras, calculators, flashlights etc. The same goes with the wristwatch (and the clock). Now we rely more only our smartphones to tell time than our watches. Like candles, our watches have become more of a styling element in our lives instead of being functional. Yet, it would be a shame if our kids are not able to read the time from an analog watch/clock.

This printable worksheet set encourages your kids to design wristwatches that suit their personal style. It also has some challenges to test and improve their ability to read analog clocks/watches. Let's get started. There's no time to waste :)

Printable & Activity Objectives

In this activity, your child will experiment on wristwatch designs and practice reading the time on analog watches and clocks.

It will help your child or student:

• Foster greater creativity and imagination through creating designs for wristwatches which are aesthetically pleasing but also functional.
• Improve their ability to read the time using analog watches and clocks.

Let's spend some time on this!

How to Get Started

Simple steps to start:

• Research and find out more about the history of clocks and watches. Here's a wonderful (and rhyming) animated history of time keeping.

Here's another fun video about the history of telling time from the British Museum.

• Help explain the basics of telling time on an analog clock to your children. Here's a great tutorial video about reading analog clocks.

• Get started on the printable worksheets!

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What's in the Printable Worksheet Pack

This printable pack consists of 5 printable worksheets concerning wristwatch designs and telling time.

• 2 wristwatch design worksheets
• 3 analog clock reading exercise worksheets

Click on the download link below to get started. Please note that this printable pack is only for paid members.