Free Printable Pumpkin Theme Time Clip Cards

My children love the story of Cinderella! Will she make it home before the clock strikes midnight and her carriage turns back into a pumpkin?? She better watch the clock closely! These Pumpkin Theme Time Clip Cards aren’t quite as exciting as racing the clock to avoid being turned into a pumpkin, but they do add a fun twist to learning how to tell time! These clip cards make practicing telling time interactive and with so many different options for card levels, you will be able to use them with learners of all time telling abilities!

pumpkin theme time clip cards for math centers

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Kindergarten

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Materials for the Fall Pumpkin Time Task Cards

Paper
Laminating Materials
Paper Cutter
Clothespins

This pumpkin themed activity goes along perfectly with the fall season! If you’re using this activity during a pumpkin themed unit, be sure to check out our Awesome Hands-On Activities For A Pumpkin Unit Study!

Clip cards are a great way to make practicing telling time interactive for kids. Repetition and lots of practice is key when it comes to learning time, and these clip cards are just what you need to make that happen!

If your child has never used clip cards before, and you’re looking for a simple way to introduce how to use them, check out these Free Missing Number Clip Cards for Fall or Free Skip Counting by 5s Clip Cards. Both of these activities review skills that are needed for telling time, and can be an awesome introduction to clip cards.

How Do I Prepare These Pumpkin Time Telling Clip Cards?

Preparing this activity is super easy, and if you do it right, you will be able to reuse it again and again with your children! Print, cut out, and laminate your time clip cards. You don’t have to laminate them, but I HIGHLY recommend that you do if you want to get multiple uses out of this activity!

If you want to make this activity self-checking (trust me, you do!) then put a sticker, dot, star, or another symbol on the back directly behind the correct answer. This will help with building independence in your students since they will be able to see if they have answered the clip cards correctly without you having to check their work.

There is no preparation necessary for your clothespins, but it is so easy to make clip cards fun with some themed clothes pins if you want to! It becomes a brand-new activity without much effort. I usually grab some at the Dollar Spot or a craft store when I can use a coupon.

My Pumpkin Theme Time Clip Cards Are Ready! What’s Next?

Another amazing thing about clip cards is that once you have shown kids how to use them one time, they will pretty much know how to use clip cards for the rest of their lives without instructions! For this activity, it is as easy as reading the clock and clipping the clothespin onto the correct match!

Show your child how to clip the clothespin onto the digital time that matches the analog clock picture that is on the card. Then, show them how to flip the card to the back and check their answer (if you made the cards self checking!).

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Why Are Clip Card Activities Good For Kids?

If you have never used clip cards before in your home or classroom, you are going to love them! There are so many benefits to using them for your activities!

Self Checking: Clip cards are super easy to make self checking! Just put a dot, star, smiley face, or another symbol on the back of the card behind the correct answer. This allows students to work by themselves on the activity and helps build independence!

Fine Motor Skills: Using clip cards helps to make this activity not only about practicing the skill of telling time, but also about strengthening fine motor skills! Squeezing the clothespin to mark the correct answer helps to strengthen hand and finger muscles which are so important for little learners!

Hands-On Learning: Clip cards allow a way to practice telling time that is not just another worksheet. Kids will enjoy using the cards to help practice all they have learned about telling time!

How Do I Use These Clip Cards?

One of the best things about these clip cards is that there are so many different ways to use them. They can be used as an independent activity, a center rotation, or as an early finisher activity!

These clip cards come with so many options for differentiation! Depending on what telling time skills your child has mastered, you can pick the cards that will be best for them to practice. Starting with the cards that are a little easier will build your child’s confidence and hopefully help excite them about learning how to tell time.

Here are the different options for practicing telling time with these cards:

Time on the hour Level One: Pages 4-5 (The options on these cards only include :00 times)
Time on the hour Level Two: Pages 7-8 (The options on these cards include opposing times such as 10:00/12:50)
Time on the half hour Level One: Pages 10-11 (The options on these cards only include :30 times)
Time on the half hour Level Two: Pages 13-14 (The options on these cards include opposing times such as 7:30/6:35)
Time on the :15 and :45 Level One: Pages 16-19 (The options on these cards only include :15 & :45 times)
Time on the :15 and :45 Level Two: Pages 21-24 (The options on these cards include opposing times such as 3:45/9:15)
Time to 5 minutes (that are not included in the other sections): Pages 26-41

More Fun Ways To Use These Clip Cards:

Put the clip cards into a sensory bin. Kids can dig and find the cards and use their clothespin to mark which time is shown by the clock picture. Here are some of our favorite easy rice sensory bins!
If you choose to laminate this activity, you can add a dry erase maker in for students to practice tracing the analog clock hands and the digital times.
Set the clocks up around your playroom or classroom and have a time scavenger hunt.
Get up and moving! Use your arms like the arms of a clock and get some gross motor movement in to practice telling time.
Use playdough to make the digital times or to create the face of the clock and the arms. Playdough is great for fine motor skills!

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Frequently Asked Questions:

These are frequently asked questions about Pumpkin Themed Telling Time Clip Cards:

Why is it important for kids to learn how to tell time?

Learning how to tell time is an important skill for kids because it allows kids to follow schedules, work on their own time management skills, and teaches them to become independent.

What if I don’t have clothespins?

If you don’t have clothespins, your child can use a dry erase marker to circle the answer (if you laminated the activity), they can simply point to the correct answer, or they can write the correct answer down onto a whiteboard and then check their answer against the back of the card.

What does my child need to know in order to be introduced to telling time?

To begin to learn how to tell time kids need to have a general understanding of how clocks work and the concept of time. Kids also need to know how to skip count by 5s, recognize numbers 1-12, and count to at least 60.

How old should a child be to tell time?

Depending on the math skills they have mastered, children may be able to start telling time between the ages of 5 and 8. You know your child best, and if you feel like they would do well with the skill of telling time you can introduce them whenever you feel comfortable! Playing games and doing hands-on activities are the perfect low-pressure ways to start to teach a skill like telling time.