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Free Printable Telling Time Worksheet for Kids — Clock Reference & Practice Sheet

Free printable PDF worksheet for kids learning to tell time — analog clock reference with hour and minute hands, common times, and 12 practice clocks. Download, print, and learn.
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A colorful clock reference sheet showing analog clocks with hour and minute hands, plus practice clocks for kids to read

My kids are learning to read analog clocks — turns out "the short hand is the hour" needs more repetition than you'd think. So I made a two-sided reference and practice sheet they can keep on the fridge.

Clock Reference (Front)

The front page is a complete clock reference:

  • Big analog clock with labeled hour hand (red, short) and minute hand (blue, long)
  • Minute reference grid — each number on the clock mapped to minutes (1 = 5 min, 2 = 10 min, etc.)
  • Four common times shown with both analog clock faces and digital equivalents:
    • O'Clock — minute hand on 12
    • Half Past — minute hand on 6
    • Quarter Past — minute hand on 3
    • Quarter To — minute hand on 9

Practice Clocks (Back)

The back page has 12 clocks set to different times for kids to read and write the answer:

  • 3 on the hour (easy)
  • 3 at half past (medium)
  • 3 at quarter past/to (medium)
  • 3 at 5-minute increments (harder)
  • Answer key printed upside-down at the bottom
Download Telling Time PDFView HTML Source

All the clock faces are drawn with SVG right in the HTML — no images, no dependencies. The hour hand is red and short, the minute hand is blue and long, so they're easy to tell apart even in black and white.

Want to change the practice times or add more clocks? Edit the practiceProblems array in the HTML and regenerate the PDF.

How the PDF is made

Same as the other sheets — plain HTML rendered to PDF with headless Chrome:

Check out the math sheets and reading sheets too — same format, same idea.

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