What’s The Time Mr. Wolf?

Telling time is one subject we ought to teach our children and I think I did not teach my eldest son well. To avoid the same mistake, I plan to teach my other two children how to read the clock.

I have in mind to teach them about time through games. Do you remember the game “What’s the time, Mr. Wolf?” For those who cannot remember, it’s a game where one person would become Mr. Wolf with his back facing the others and telling the children the time and the other children would take steps based on the time told.


Example:

Children: What’s the time, Mr. Wolf?

Mr. Wolf: Two o’clock.

Children would take two steps.

When the children are near Mr. Wolf, Mr. Wolf would catch one child and it’s that child’s turn to become Mr. Wolf.


Now, for a twist in this game, Mr. Wolf would take a clock (those that are used to train children to tell time) and turn the hour and minute hands to the time desired. He then shows the clock to the children and the game continues from here.


I can’t wait to try this on my children. Learning can be fun!