As Time Goes By.

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  • Author(s): Miller, Susan A.
  • Source:
    Scholastic Parent & Child. Sep2003, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p46. 3p. 2 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      TIME; CHILD development; LEARNING; CALENDARS (Publications); COMPREHENSION; CLOCKS & watches
    • Abstract:
      The article provides information on how children develop time concepts and what you can do to help. Children are usually 6 to 8 years old before they understand concrete ideas about time, such as using a calendar or clock to measure it. When children actually try to use clocks and calendars, it involves the spatial understanding and the development of temporal concepts that emerge around 7 or 8 years of age. Even though time is abstract, there are strategies you can use to introduce and reinforce your child's time concepts starting as early as age 3: Talk with your child about his dally routines, provide opportunities to review events, give a three-minute warning for transitions, support your child's interest in learning how time passes. INSETS: "It's About Time" Activities;A Sense of Time, Age by Age.