It is more difficult to give children a concept for one hour but references can be established for events that last an hour by setting an alarm to ring after an hour has passed. The underlying number skills should be mastered before teaching children the skill of telling and reading time. Children are likely to be able to read the time to the hour and half-hour prior to fully developing a conceptual understanding of the size of time units. An understanding of time zones can be developed from contexts such as travel and holidays. Phone or e-mail interactions with people in other time zones can be used to highlight the differences in time throughout the world.
Historical projects bring to life year time-lines.