Time Matching Sensory Bin
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Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 3
Coordinating Activities
Time Matching Sensory Bin
- Analog clock cards
- Matching digital time cards
Hide the cards in a sensory bin. Kids dig them out and match each clock to its time.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink
- Laminator
- Paper cutter or scissors
- Sensory bin filler like rice, beans or shredded paper
Standards for Telling Time
These activities support first and second grade math standards connected to telling time on analog and digital clocks.
Common Core State Standards
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. Kids match each clock to its time.
TEKS for Mathematics
- TEKS 1.7(E): Tell time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks. Kids read each analog clock and find the digital time.
Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning
- 1.MG.3.f: Match the time shown on a digital clock to an analog clock to the hour and half-hour. Kids match each analog clock to its digital time.
Time Matching Sensory Bin gives first grade kids a hands-on way to match analog clocks to digital times.
Kids dig through the sensory bin to find clock cards and digital time cards, then match each pair.
The sensory bin keeps hands busy and makes time practice feel like a treasure hunt.
How to Use Time Matching Sensory Bin
- Print, laminate and cut apart the cards.
- Hide the cards in a sensory bin.
- Kids dig out a clock card and a time card.
- Kids read the clock and look for its match.
- Kids line up the pairs.
Sensory Center: Set out the bin during a time unit.
Small Group: Read each clock together.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Sensory Bin
Every group has a mix of time-telling and sensory needs. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Use a few pairs at a time.
- Use a play clock.
- Point to the hour hand first.
- Use a scoop or tongs.
For On-Level Practice:
- Match every pair.
- Say each time out loud.
- Check with a partner.
- Put the times in order.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Write each time.
- Tell what time it will be in 1 hour.
- Race a partner to match pairs.
- Draw the hands on a blank clock.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Talk through each step together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Offer gloves or tongs for kids who avoid messy textures.
- Use a play clock with moving hands.
Time Matching Sensory Bin Is Perfect For:
- Kindergarten
- First grade
- Sensory bins
- Math centers
- Small-group instruction
- Intervention
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
