Wooden Teaching Clock — Learn to Tell the Time, Ages 3–8

"How many more minutes?"

Somewhere between four and seven, children start asking about time constantly — and discover that the answer lives on a face full of numbers they cannot yet read. A wooden clock they can turn with their own hands closes that gap far faster than any explanation from across the room.

This is a teaching clock, not a working one. The hands move because your child moves them. That single difference is what makes it useful: they set the hands to seven o'clock, look at what seven o'clock actually looks like, and then do it again for half past. Understanding arrives through the fingertips.

What's Included

• 1 wooden clock face, 14 cm / 5.5 in across and 4 mm thick, with the hours 1–12, the minutes marked in fives up to 60, and the 24-hour numbers 13–24 all printed directly onto the wood
• 2 movable hands — one hour hand and one minute hand — turning independently on a central pin

Why This Clock Works

• Silent by design — and that is the point. Electronic clocks announce the time out loud, and the child listens instead of reads. A talking clock does the work. A wooden one hands the work back to your child, which is the only version that transfers to the clock on the classroom wall.
• Hours and minutes, in the right order. Children learn o'clock first, then half past, then quarters, then five-minute intervals. Because both hands turn independently, the same clock supports every one of those stages instead of being outgrown after a month.
• A full clock face to read from. The hour numbers sit around the face so a child can point, turn a hand, and see the result for themselves rather than being told the answer.
• Nothing to lose off the table. Every numeral is printed straight onto the wood rather than sitting in a slot, so there are no loose tiles or markers to go missing under the sofa — the clock is as complete on its hundredth outing as it was on its first.
• Wood, not printed card. A wooden face stands up to being carried around the house and left out on a shelf far better than a paper or card teaching clock.
• Nothing to charge or replace. No batteries, no volume button to hunt for, no battery compartment screw to lose.
• It earns a place on the shelf, not in a drawer. Left out where a child can reach it, a teaching clock gets picked up in passing — before dinner, while waiting for a sibling, on a Saturday morning. Those thirty-second encounters, repeated over months, are what turn "the big hand is on the six" into something a child simply knows.

Ages & Safety

Recommended for ages 3 and up. There are no removable number tiles or marker pieces in this set — every numeral is printed directly onto the wood, and the only moving parts are the two hands on their central pin. Even so, please treat it as a toy with small parts: it is not suitable for children under 3, and it is not suitable for any child who still mouths objects. Check before each session that the hands and the central pin are still firmly fixed, and stop using the clock if either works loose. Adult supervision is recommended throughout. Wipe clean with a barely damp cloth; do not soak. Colours and printed details may vary slightly from the photographs.

Shipping

Kindo ships worldwide from our production partner in China. Processing takes 7–14 business days, then 10–20 business days in transit depending on your destination. Free worldwide shipping, and every order ships with tracking.