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Town Clock

Turn the hands and read the clock!

A Math learning game for primary school, Grade 2 to Grade 4

SubjectMath Grades2 to 4 Levels211 Free in every lesson10–30%

Play online, no install Cafe Bazaar (Android) Myket (Android)

The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.

Town Clock is part of the Nikipoo School app, alongside 85 other games. The game is in Persian.

About the game

  • A narrator reads every level's instruction aloud (in Persian)
  • Mistakes are never scolded; the child is encouraged to try again
  • After installing, it works offline

Town Clock — an educator's view

Reading an analog clock is harder for many primary-school children than adults expect: two hands with two different meanings turn on the same face, and the number under the big hand means something other than itself. Town Clock puts a big wall clock in front of the child, and they turn its hands with a finger. Grade 2 starts with o'clock and half past; Grade 3 adds quarter past, quarter to, five-minute steps, and matching a digital clock to an analog one; and Grade 4 moves on to working out time spans: how long it takes from breakfast to school, or, if a cartoon lasted an hour and a quarter, when it started.

Two hands, two meanings

When the child turns the big hand, the little hand moves slowly along with it, just like a real clock. With their own hand, the child sees that "half past 3" means the little hand sits between 3 and 4, not on 3. This hands-on experience cuts the most common clock-reading mistake off at the root.

Familiar mistakes, on purpose

The wrong options are the very mistakes teachers see in class every year: reading the next hour instead of the one before, or mixing up the two hands. Each time, the child has to tell the right answer apart from the common mistake, and that comparison is what makes the understanding stick.

Time in daily life

In Grade 4, time spans come with pictures of familiar parts of the day: breakfast, school, lunch, play, reading, and bedtime. Working out "How long did it take?" and "When did it start?" turns a textbook exercise into planning the child's own day, the foundation of the time management they will need in later years.

Clues instead of blame

If the child sets a hand in the wrong place, the clock stays where it is and the game simply says which hand to look at again. After two mistakes, faint golden hands show the right position. The child is never stuck, and they build the answer themselves instead of just being shown it.

A tip for parentsA wall clock with hands at home is the best companion for this game. A few times a day, ask "What time is it now?" and "How long until lunch?" If your child only ever sees digital clocks, switch your phone's clock to analog for a few days.

Grade by grade, what does it teach?

Level titles are listed in the order the child plays them — from easy to hard, following the school textbook.

Grade 265 levels
  1. Analog clock
  2. Analog clock 2
  3. Analog clock 3
  4. Analog clock 4
  5. Analog clock 5
  6. Analog clock 6
  7. On the hour
  8. On the hour 2
  9. On the hour 3
  10. On the hour 4
  11. On the hour 5
  12. On the hour 6
  13. The little hand
  14. The little hand 2
  15. The little hand 3
  16. The little hand 4
  17. The little hand 5
  18. The little hand 6
  19. Free spin
  20. Free spin 2
  21. Half past
  22. Half past 2
  23. Half past 3
  24. Half past 4
  25. Half past 5
  26. Half past 6
  27. Big hand on the 6
  28. Big hand on the 6 (2)
  29. Big hand on the 6 (3)
  30. Big hand on the 6 (4)
  31. Big hand on the 6 (5)
  32. Big hand on the 6 (6)
  33. On the hour or half past?
  34. On the hour or half past? 2
  35. On the hour or half past? 3
  36. On the hour or half past? 4
  37. On the hour or half past? 5
  38. On the hour or half past? 6
  39. Clock champion
  40. Clock champion 2
  41. Clock champion 3
  42. One hour later
  43. One hour later 2
  44. One hour later 3
  45. One hour later 4
  46. One hour later 5
  47. One hour later 6
  48. Half an hour later
  49. Half an hour later 2
  50. Half an hour later 3
  51. Half an hour later 4
  52. Half an hour later 5
  53. Half an hour later 6
  54. Clock tower
  55. Clock tower 2
  56. Times of the day
  57. Times of the day 2
  58. Times of the day 3
  59. Times of the day 4
  60. Times of the day 5
  61. Times of the day 6
  62. Town square champion
  63. Town square champion 2
  64. Town square champion 3
  65. Grade 2 clock celebration
Grade 373 levels
  1. Clock review
  2. Clock review 2
  3. Clock review 3
  4. Clock review 4
  5. Clock review 5
  6. Clock review 6
  7. Digital clock
  8. Digital clock 2
  9. Digital clock 3
  10. Digital clock 4
  11. Digital clock 5
  12. Digital clock 6
  13. Free spin
  14. Free spin 2
  15. Five minutes at a time
  16. Five minutes at a time 2
  17. Five minutes at a time 3
  18. Five minutes at a time 4
  19. Five minutes at a time 5
  20. Five minutes at a time 6
  21. Digital, to the minute
  22. Digital, to the minute 2
  23. Digital, to the minute 3
  24. Digital, to the minute 4
  25. Digital, to the minute 5
  26. Digital, to the minute 6
  27. Set the minutes
  28. Set the minutes 2
  29. Set the minutes 3
  30. Set the minutes 4
  31. Set the minutes 5
  32. Set the minutes 6
  33. Little clocks
  34. Little clocks 2
  35. All the minutes
  36. All the minutes 2
  37. All the minutes 3
  38. All the minutes 4
  39. All the minutes 5
  40. All the minutes 6
  41. Tower bell
  42. Tower bell 2
  43. Busy town clock
  44. Busy town clock 2
  45. Busy town clock 3
  46. Busy town clock 4
  47. Busy town clock 5
  48. Busy town clock 6
  49. Quarter hours
  50. Quarter hours 2
  51. Quarter hours 3
  52. Quarter hours 4
  53. Quarter hours 5
  54. Quarter hours 6
  55. On the hour, quarter, half
  56. On the hour, quarter, half 2
  57. On the hour, quarter, half 3
  58. On the hour, quarter, half 4
  59. On the hour, quarter, half 5
  60. On the hour, quarter, half 6
  61. Quarter champion
  62. Quarter champion 2
  63. Quarter champion 3
  64. A quarter hour later
  65. A quarter hour later 2
  66. A quarter hour later 3
  67. A quarter hour later 4
  68. A quarter hour later 5
  69. A quarter hour later 6
  70. Minute champion
  71. Minute champion 2
  72. Minute champion 3
  73. Grade 3 clock celebration
Grade 473 levels
  1. Clock review
  2. Clock review 2
  3. Clock review 3
  4. Clock review 4
  5. Clock review 5
  6. Clock review 6
  7. How many hours have passed?
  8. How many hours have passed? 2
  9. How many hours have passed? 3
  10. How many hours have passed? 4
  11. How many hours have passed? 5
  12. How many hours have passed? 6
  13. In half hours
  14. In half hours 2
  15. In half hours 3
  16. In half hours 4
  17. In half hours 5
  18. In half hours 6
  19. In quarter hours
  20. In quarter hours 2
  21. In quarter hours 3
  22. In quarter hours 4
  23. In quarter hours 5
  24. In quarter hours 6
  25. Clockmaker
  26. Clockmaker 2
  27. Time-span champion
  28. Time-span champion 2
  29. Time-span champion 3
  30. My day
  31. My day 2
  32. My day 3
  33. My day 4
  34. My day 5
  35. My day 6
  36. Busy day
  37. Busy day 2
  38. Busy day 3
  39. Busy day 4
  40. Busy day 5
  41. Busy day 6
  42. After…
  43. After… 2
  44. After… 3
  45. After… 4
  46. After… 5
  47. After… 6
  48. Start time
  49. Start time 2
  50. Start time 3
  51. Start time 4
  52. Start time 5
  53. Start time 6
  54. Free spin
  55. Free spin 2
  56. Daily schedule
  57. Daily schedule 2
  58. Daily schedule 3
  59. Daily schedule 4
  60. Daily schedule 5
  61. Daily schedule 6
  62. Counting minutes
  63. Counting minutes 2
  64. Counting minutes 3
  65. Counting minutes 4
  66. Counting minutes 5
  67. Counting minutes 6
  68. Time champion
  69. Time champion 2
  70. Time champion 3
  71. Digital clock
  72. Digital clock 2
  73. Grade 4 clock celebration

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Play online, no install Cafe Bazaar (Android) Myket (Android)

The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.