FEATURES & DETAILS:
- Copyright: 2004
- Language: English, Spanish
- Color
- MARC records, Catalog Card Kit and Single Main Entry Cards are available
- Features: Chapter Select, Interactive Menu, Discussion Questions
- Technical: Single Layer, Single Sided, Full Screen
- DVD Region: ALL
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PRODUCT SUMMARY
What time is it? On a clock or a calendar, time measures how long something lasts. In Telling Time, kids measure time in seconds, minutes and hours, and order events using words like before and after. Using analog and digital clocks, kids practice telling time from the hour down to the exact minute. Concepts of A.M. and P.M., clockwise motion and time estimation are emphasized. Students will also learn how to measure longer periods of time -- days, weeks, months and years -- using a calendar. From fitting in a movie before soccer practice to getting to school, time is the mathematical key to planning your day! Part of the multivolume Math for Children DVD Series. A Teacher's Guide is included and available online.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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...T[ies] practical, real-life examples to new concepts…creative and dramatic vignettes…Highly recommended."- Video Librarian (May/June 2004)
"These are engaging DVDs for children to watch and easy for them to understand…Math is made relevant throughout by using examples from children’s everyday lives. The visuals are clear, colorful, and make the concepts presented easy to understand…Recommended."- Library Media Connection (Aug/Sept 2004)
"Students were highly engaged while watching the video…The real-life situations help students connect to their background knowledge and make the concepts more concrete…I recommend these videos to any teacher who wants to build students’ conceptual knowledge through real-world experiences."- Teaching Children Mathematics (Dec 2005/Jan 2006)
FULL REVIEWS
Video Librarian (May 2004)
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"“When will I ever use this in real life?” This complaint (trust me, it’s not really a question) is familiar to most teachers, and doubly so in the subject area of mathematics. The 12-volume series Math for Children sets out to prove that math is not only used constantly in everyday life, but it’s also cool and fun. Hosted by three energetic kids, Telling Time teaches viewers about the different units of time, the various ways we measure time, and how to use time-telling aids such as clocks (both traditional and digital) and calendars. Tying practical, real-life examples to new concepts, along with creative and dramatic vignettes (with plenty of clear graphics and review segments), the DVD version also features discussion questions, and a dubbed Spanish language track (although the onscreen graphics are still in English). Other titles in the series include: Addition, Division, Geometry, Money, and Subtraction. Highly recommended.