Ray's New Primary Arithmetic · Lesson LXXXVII · Unit 8: Money, weights and measures
87. Time, and other tables
Goal: Your child knows the table of time and the number of days in each month.
You'll need
- A calendar and a clock
What's in the book
Tables only, no problems: apothecaries' weight, cubic measure (with a note that a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 wide and 4 high is a cord), time, and the days in each month.
The lesson, step by step
Time
Read the time table: 60 seconds, 60 minutes, 24 hours, 7 days. Use a real clock.
The months
Learn the days in each month. You can teach the rhyme "Thirty days hath September", or count on your knuckles.
The rest
The apothecaries' and cubic tables can be read once for interest and skipped.
Afterwards
Ask time questions through the week: how many minutes until lunch?