Kindergarten Telling Time Worksheets

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6 clocks. O'clock on 6 clocks. Sheet GIDX4Q, with its answer key.

O'clock on 6 clocks

Name Date Score / 6

Write the time each clock shows. The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes.

  1. 1.123456789101112________
  2. 2.123456789101112________
  3. 3.123456789101112________
  4. 4.123456789101112________
  5. 5.123456789101112________
  6. 6.123456789101112________

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Answer key. O'clock on 6 clocks

  1. 1.12345678910111212:00
  2. 2.1234567891011121:00
  3. 3.1234567891011122:00
  4. 4.1234567891011129:00
  5. 5.12345678910111211:00
  6. 6.1234567891011124:00

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How it works

These kindergarten telling time worksheets stay at o'clock: the long hand on the 12, the short hand on a number. The opening sheet prints 6 clocks with the key on page 2, and Make a new sheet changes the times.

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Telling time worksheets, kindergarten: what to print first

Telling time worksheets for kindergarten belong at o'clock: the long hand never leaves the 12, so the short hand does all the telling and the pupil reads 1 number. Start with O'clock on 6 clocks. With o'clock only there are 12 possible clocks, so a 6-clock page never repeats one. Draw the short hand comes next: its long hand is already printed.

When a pupil is ready for more

1 hour later has no clock faces and 1 surprise: 1 hour after 12:00 is 1:00, because the numbers start again. After that the next step is half past, which is on the page where you pick the interval.

  • Say short hand and long hand at first. The names hour hand and minute hand can wait until half past, when minutes start to matter.
  • At 12:00 both hands point at the 12, one on top of the other. Show that clock before handing out O'clock from 7 to 12.

Questions and answers

Is telling time a kindergarten standard?

Not in the Common Core or Texas, which both start clocks in grade 1 with hours and half hours. England's Year 1 (ages 5 and 6) asks for the hour and half past. In the US these pages are a head start, not graded work.

Can kindergarten pupils do these sheets without reading?

An adult reads the task line at the top once. On the clock sheets the pupil then writes a time, draws a hand or circles a letter. The 3 sheets without clock faces, such as 1 hour earlier, need every line read aloud.

What does o'clock mean on a clock?

It marks a full hour. The long hand points straight up at the 12 and the short hand points at the hour, so 4 o'clock is written 4:00. Every clock on this page shows a full hour.

All 14 sheet types

Read o'clock 5

  • O'clock from 1 to 6 Only the hours 1 to 6, down the right-hand side of the face from the 1 to the 6. Short hand on the 3 and long hand on the 12: 3:00. A gentle first page, with half as many clocks to tell apart.
  • O'clock from 7 to 12 The hours 7 to 12, up the left-hand side of the face. It includes the clock that looks odd: at 12:00 both hands point at the 12, one on top of the other. Show that clock before the sheet goes out.
  • O'clock on 6 clocks 6 clocks, each on the hour, with a line under each for the time. Long hand on the 12 and short hand on the 4: the time is 4:00. The 6 hours are picked from all 12, so at 6 clocks no clock appears twice.
  • Short hand, long hand, then the time 3 short lines under each clock: the hour the short hand points to, the number the long hand is on, then the time. For 5:00 the pupil writes 5, then 12, then 5:00. It slows down a pupil who guesses from 1 hand.
  • Write it in words: 7 o'clock Under each clock the pupil writes the time the way it is said. Short hand on the 7 and long hand on the 12: 7 o'clock. The word o'clock is printed in a word bank at the top of the page, so a pupil who cannot spell it yet copies it.
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Circle and join 1

  • Circle the clock that shows the time A digital time and a row of 3 clocks with a letter under each. For 1:00 the pupil circles the letter of the clock whose short hand is on the 1. There is nothing to write, so it suits pupils who are still learning to form numbers.

Draw the hands at o'clock 4

  • Draw 11 o'clock from words The time under each empty face is printed the way it is said, such as 11 o'clock, with no colon and no zeros. The pupil draws the long hand to the 12 and the short hand to the 11.
  • Draw both hands at o'clock 6 empty faces with a digital time under each. For 8:00 draw the long hand up to the 12 first, then the short hand to the 8. The key shows each finished clock.
  • Draw the long hand on the 12 The short hand is printed and the pupil draws the long one. At o'clock the answer never changes: for 10:00, as for every hour, the long hand points at the 12. Doing it 6 times over is the point of the sheet.
  • Draw the short hand The long hand is already printed on the 12 and the pupil adds the short one. For 2:00 it points straight at the 2. Ask for a short, thick line that stops well before the numbers, so nobody takes it for the long hand.

Get to know the clock face 1

  • Clock talk: questions to read aloud No clock faces to read: 10 short questions for an adult to read aloud, with a line for each answer. Which number is at the very top of the clock face? 12. Which number is at the very bottom of the clock face? 6. Most answers are 1 number.

Ready for more 3

  • 1 hour earlier The same jump backward, which is harder. 1 hour before 8:00 is 7:00, and 1 hour before 1:00 is 12:00. No clock faces, so keep a real or paper clock in sight for pupils to turn.
  • 1 hour later No clock faces. Each line gives an o'clock time and asks for the time 1 hour later. 1 hour after 4:00 is 5:00. 1 hour after 12:00 is 1:00, because the numbers on a clock start again after 12.
  • O'clock with only 4 numbers A harder face: only 12, 3, 6 and 9 are printed, with a plain mark at every other hour. The second mark after the 3 stands for the 5, so a short hand there with the long hand on the 12 shows 5:00.

How this list was compiled: Own list of sheet types, written 2026-09-18 and revised 2026-09-20. What each grade is asked to do was read in full on 2026-09-18 and is given here in our own words. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Math_Standards1.pdf : kindergarten names no clock (its measurement standards are about describing, comparing and sorting objects, and K.CC.3 has pupils write the numbers to 20); clocks come in at 1.MD.3, with hours and half hours. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC chapter 111 subchapter A, https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf : kindergarten has no clock standard (K.2(B) has pupils read and write whole numbers to at least 20); 1.7(E) is time to the hour and half hour. National curriculum in England, mathematics programmes of study, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study : Year 1 tells the time to the hour and to half past, and draws the hands. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Year 1 pupils are aged five and six: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_1_(education) , read 2026-09-20. Clock face, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_face , and spoken times, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock , both read 2026-09-18: a short hour hand and a longer minute hand, the 12 at the top, and a full hour said as the hour followed by o'clock. Every example time and hand position was worked twice by script. Licence: own work

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