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It's about Time: Untangling Everything You Need to Know about Time

by Pascale Estellon

A hands-on introduction to time

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A hands-on introduction to time

Jacob and Lily guide a step-by-step exploration of time, moving from seconds to centuries. Clocks and calendars connect the abstract idea to familiar routines, including mealtimes, bedtimes, birthdays, and the seasons. Crafts, activities, rhymes, speech balloons, illustrations, and practical memory aids—such as counting days on knuckles—give young readers several ways to engage with the concepts. A cake-baking activity also links elapsed time to following a recipe. The book brings together time-telling basics and broader measures of time in an activity-based format.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 beginning to learn how to tell time
  • Young readers curious about clocks, calendars, and the ways people measure time
  • Families or educators seeking activities that connect time concepts with everyday routines

Themes

Time measurementClocks and calendarsDaily routines and seasonsLearning through activities

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Book overview

Follow along as friends Jacob and Lily unravel time, starting from its smallest increment -- the second -- and finishing with the century. The progressive approach uses crafts, activities, and kid-friendly anecdotes along with speech balloons, rhymes, and illustrations to make the abstract concept of time very real and very fun. It covers everything from the difference between a.m. and p.m. to how we use clocks and calendars to keep track of mealtimes, bedtimes, birthdays, and seasons to exactly how long it takes to bake a cake (follow the recipe to test it out!).

From counting the number of days in a month using our knuckles to catchy tunes that help us remember the days in a week, It's About Time offers a comprehensive and engaging approach to helping kids learn how to tell time. Sure, we can't see it or hear it or touch it and we lose track of it easily, but this is a book that shows time doesn't have to be difficult to understand!
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