Time words & concepts

• Ideas of quicker, slower, before, after, earlier, later and number position are aspects of time experienced in real life situations
• These concepts are important for ordering events and developing a child’s sense of time
• The language of the timeline of the day, days of the week, months of the year, seasons and multiples of years is also important vocabulary to know
• Calendars reinforce all these concepts and aid in planning and keeping track of important events
• Learning about the ways of telling time in the past helps us to see why we use seconds, minutes, and hours today