My nearly 3 year old son has recently become OBSESSED with knowing what time it is. Even though I'm fairly sure that he has no idea what it means whether I say 9:30 or 3:00! He asks me about 100 times a day, sometimes one right after the other. It's driving me bananas! LOL. I'm really considering getting him a watch. Do you know if anyone makes a kid's watch that will, 1. fit a skinny toddler, and 2. speak aloud the time? He knows his numbers, so I suppose I could teach him to read a digital clock, but I thought it would be fun (and he would love it) if the watch had a button he could press and it could "tell" him what time it is. I'm thinking this could also have the added benefit of being helpful with potty training :) Thanks for your ideas!
nah i think he just likes getting a response out of you lol. when he asks multiple times just ask him, "what did i say last time?" and yes, get him a watch lol. but still - he's 3. he's discovered a great game -that you play EVERY time!
I think they make watches like that....
As a spinal reflex though I answer EVERY question with a question-- usually "what do you think?" or some variation. It's VERY entertaining to hear what they come up with, and enlightening to hear how their little minds work (PLUS it cuts short the endless whys AND you'll never again waste time giving a long talk about teeth when the "this" they were pointing to/asking about was their tongue). Next time he asks, turn it back on him "what time do YOU think it is?"
Google 'talking clocks for kids' ... we had one when our daughter was a toddler and she loved it!
I would get him a clock that talks. they make clocks for toddlers. get him one of those with a big face. you can around it put pictures of things like at 8 a photo of breakfast, at noon lunch at 5 supper. at 8 bedtime etc.....
My twins are doing the same things because my older kid is in the processing of learning time. I tell them the real time everytime they ask me. I will bought a kids clock like I did with my oldest one. It is a fun way to learned.
Good luck
I would take this open door and teach him how to tell time and give him a watch. You can also get small/cheap digital clocks to put around your house for him to see/read.
My kids had a play clock where you could move the big hand with your fingers and the little hand would track around as well. Since he is so interested in telling time, I would certainly use the opportunity to teach him. We stuck little stickers with a moon and sun for bedtime and wake-up time, and some food at noon for lunch time. Both my daughters in 2nd or 3rd grade math had to convert digital clock time to analog clock time, and do story math that would ask when someone would arrive if they biked x minutes, and left at y time, etc. So just start with the type of clock he is most likely to see in your house (I prefer analog myself since an imprint of the angle of the hands in my brain will help me recall the time but looking at a set of numbers I can forget what time it is 5 seconds later!).
I know they make talking watches for vison imparied / blind folks, so maybe a web search will turn something up.
Good luck!
He will lose a watch. Quickly.
Get him a clock-- a real one! He's not too young to start learning to tell time on a standard (non-digital) clock face. I know kids who cannot accurately read a standard clock because they only ever grew up seeing digital ones -- imagine being somewhere in public where there are only standard clocks and being unable to tell time! There are plenty of kids' clocks with big, colorful faces, and you can probably find lots of them (plus time-telling exercises to do with him) online. Yes, a talking clock is an excellent idea but I'd do a standard one so he learns that skill.
I would get a wall clock for him with large numbers and teach him how to tell time (don't use a digital yet).
They do sell children’s watches. I have seen them in Target and JC Penney’s.
