1st Grade Digital Time Matching Worksheet: Tick the Clock That Shows the Time

Ask a six-year-old what time it is and they may read the microwave clock digit by digit, "zero, eight, three, zero," without hearing a time in it. This 1st grade digital time matching worksheet connects those digits to spoken words. Ten boxes each ask a question like "Which clock shows eleven o'clock?" or "Which clock shows seven thirty?" Under each question, three digital clock faces wait, and only one matches. Your child reads the words, checks each clock, then ticks the box above the right one. Every time on the page is either on the hour or on the half hour. A second page gives the answer key.

Why the two sides of the dots matter

A digital clock splits time in two. The number before the dots is the hour, and the number after is the minutes. So 09 : 30 means nine hours and thirty minutes, and we say it as nine thirty.

That split is the key to telling time on this page. The wrong clocks are close on purpose: one may have the right hour but :30 instead of :00, another the right minutes but the wrong hour.

So your child must check both sides, every time. That habit of checking two parts of a number also helps later with tens and ones. Careful eyes win here.

At the table: twelve o'clock and five o'clock

Start with eleven o'clock. Ask, "What does o'clock say about the minutes?" Let your child point to the two zeros.

The five o'clock box is a quick trap. Two of the clocks begin with 05, so a child may tick the first one they see. Instead of correcting, try, "Cover the hour with a finger. What do the minutes say?"

The twelve o'clock box holds an unusual clock reading 13 : 00. Your child may never have seen that number on a clock, so it can look like a typing slip. Point to it and ask, "Have you ever seen thirteen on our kitchen clock?"

Finally, some hours start with a zero, like 08. Tap the zero and say the time together.

Clocks on the stove, the car and the phone

Digital clocks are everywhere at home. At breakfast, ask your child to read the clock on the oven or the microwave and say the time out loud. Also, before a favorite show, write the start time on a sticky note and let your child watch for it on a digital clock.

The rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock is a playful link. While you say it, pause at "The clock struck one" and ask your child to write 01 : 00 on a scrap of paper.

These small moments make time something your child can read. When the page is done, check it with the answer key and name the effort: "You checked both sides of the dots. That is careful reading."