Do you hear that question through out the day from your little ones?   For me I hear that or I hear the “Is it time for ______ yet?  My thought is since Kevin’s now in Kindergarten she should be able to tell time on a regular clock and not just the digital clocks.   So when Mom Central teamed up with Munchkin Math so some Mom’s could review the Telling Time DVD and blog about it.  I signed up for it really hoping to be chosen as I wasn’t quite sure how to start with the teaching of telling time and was thrilled when I was chosen!

Once the DVD arrived in the mail the kids couldn’t wait to watch it.   The ages on it says it’s for ages 2-9, but after a couple minutes of watching it Kevin didn’t want to watch it anymore as it seemed to “baby” for him.  I had him at least stay in the room as Katie was loving it.  (For those that don’t know.. Kevin is 6 and Katie will be 4 in a couple weeks)  

As I was disappointed Kevin didn’t want to watch it, it wasn’t that long before a smile came on my face because there he was not only watching it, but singing the songs and doing the motions right along with the DVD.      So yes, it still did grab his attention and I’m happy to say he did learn some things from it.  He now knows at the hour part by looking at a clock, but still has to work on the minutes a little bit.

While I was 0h so glad that she came up with some fun songs to help the kids learn (for example for telling the different between the Hour & Minute hand…  Hickory Dickory dock there are 2 hands on the clock.  The hour hands short… the minutes hands long… hickory dickory dock) I was a little bummed that for minutes they didn’t go into as much detail as I would of hoped.

Yes, she did explain how the minutes are counted by 5′s.  For example when the minute hand points to the 1 it’s 5, when it points to the 2 it’s 10, when it points to the 3 it’s 15.. etc, she never said that there was minutes in between the 5 & 10.  The examples they used all the time was when the minute hand was on a number, never in between.   So when the coo-coo bird was getting tested on the DVD, Kevin was doing great, but then when he looked at our clock and it was 4:27 he got a little confused. 

Over all I am happy with the DVD and I know it does help children tell time as I saw what Kevin learned by just watching it a couple times.  This will be one of those DVD’s that when I’m done with it, I’ll be donating it to our local library so other kids can learn how to tell time too!

Here is a demo of Munchkin Math Telling Time on Youtube.   That way you can get an idea of what it’s all about for yourself.  I just wish it showed more of the songs she taught later on in the DVD.   At least you get an idea though if it would be good for your child.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Munchkin Math and received a sample DVD to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”