Learn to Tell Time -- iPhone Apps

Our kids LOVE the iPhone and iPod Touch! So, we are developing fun applications that stimulate and inspire children to learn and practice math both at home and at school.

Learn to Tell Time encourages children to learn and practice how to tell time and how to practice math involving time. Kids of all abilities can use this application because it provides full access to all the settings. So, each child in a classroom or at home can easily tailor the application to their own ability level before they use it.

There are four activities in this initial version: Tell Time, Elapsed Time, Time After, and Time Before. Tell Time shows a clock and asks the child what time is it? Elapsed Time shows two clocks and ask the child to figure out how much time has passed between the first clock and second clock. Time After shows a clock and then asks the child to figure out what the new time will be after a specific number of hours and minutes have passed. Time Before shows a clock and then asks the child to figure out what the new time will be before a specific number of hours and minutes.

Children can gain confidence by doing 10-50 practice problems with unlimited time, or they can build proficiency by seeing how many problems they can answer with a 1-5 minute time limit.

Additionally, one of four levels of difficulty can be selected: Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Red Belt, or Black Belt. These difficulty levels vary the complexity of the problems and the number of answer choices. For Yellow Belt, the time is varied by 30 minute intervals, the math is in the range of two hours, and the child has two answer choices. For Green Belt, the time is varied by 15 minute intervals, the math is in the range of four hours, and the child has three answer choices. For Red Belt, the time is varied by five minute intervals, the math is in the range of six hours, and the child has four answer choices. For Black Belt, the time is varied by one minute intervals, the math is any range, and the child has four answer choices.

Learn to Tell Time tracks top scores for each activity, difficulty level, practice round, and timed round. These scores can viewed by pressing a button on the home page.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Learn
• Time
• Kids
• Math
• iPhone
• Apps
• Fun