Dot to Dot: Round Clock Face — Ages 5-6
Sixteen dots circle a smiling clock face with four hour marks and two hands, so five- and six-year-olds practice counting to 16 while drawing the rim.
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Dot to Dot: Round Clock Face — Ages 5-6
How to use this worksheet
- Dot 1 sits just above the top mark, where 12 would be; go clockwise, the way clock hands move.
- Dot 5 is beside the right-hand mark, dot 9 below the bottom one and dot 13 beside the left one: handy checkpoints.
- Join 16 back to 1 to close the rim.
- Then name the four marks together: 12 at the top, 3 on the right, 6 at the bottom and 9 on the left.
What this worksheet teaches
Here the word "clockwise" explains itself: the numbers travel around the rim in exactly the direction the hands turn. Counting to 16 without a guide gives steady practice with the teen numbers, and the checkpoints at dots 5, 9 and 13 let your child notice a mistake early. The printed face has four marks instead of numbers, a good start for learning to read a clock, since they show the quarter positions of 12, 3, 6 and 9. Next comes learning that the short hand shows the hour and the long hand the minutes.
Variation to try
Draw a small clock of your own next to the finished one, showing a time from your child's day, such as breakfast or bedtime. Compare where the hands point.