Time & money games

Time and money share a page because they share a problem: both are taught at school but learned at home, in the kitchen and at the till. Clock Reader takes you through it in order — read the clock, then move its hands — with o'clock and half past first, then quarters, then minutes.

The money games are Australian coins and notes (5c to $20), but the arithmetic is the same anywhere: Coin Counter to make an amount, Change Maker and Lemonade Stand to work out change from a note. Start with a five-year-old on Coin Counter and Clock Reader; a seven-year-old can take the rest.

Our picks

• Clock Reader — read the clock and set its hands through a whole day, from o'clock to half past and beyond
• Coin Counter — feed the piggy an exact amount in coins — the first money game
• Lemonade Stand — squeeze, stir and serve the drink each friend asks for, then count the coins
• Change Maker — you paid with a note — how much change do you get?

What they practise

• Reading an analogue clock: o'clock, half past, quarter past and to, minutes
• Setting a time and reading it back
• Coin and note values, adding mixed amounts
• Paying exact amounts and calculating change

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