Are your students learning to match analog and digital time representations? What’s That Time Game: O’Clock Digital & Analog Mixed is the perfect hands-on resource to support their developing understanding of time. This flexible activity can be used as a Bingo-style game or as a simple matching task to help students practise recognising and connecting different time formats.

Students choose a card that may show either a digital or analog o’clock time and search for a matching representation on their game mat. If they find a match, they cover it. The game can be played independently, in small groups, or as a whole-class activity, making it ideal for a range of classroom settings.

What’s That Time Game: O’Clock Digital & Analog Mixed offers repeated practise with o’clock times and helps students build flexibility in switching between time formats. It’s one of several variations available, including both o’clock and half-hour times across digital, analog, and written formats, giving you flexibility to differentiate according to your students’ needs.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Practise matching analog and digital time representations
• ✅ Develop fluency with o’clock times
• ✅ Strengthen flexibility in recognising time across multiple formats
• ✅ Build visual discrimination and time-telling accuracy
• ✅ Promote collaborative and independent learning

What’s Included:

• Time cards featuring a mix of digital and analog o’clock times
• Game mats featuring both digital and analog time representations
• Also available in matching half-hour and written time formats

Materials Needed:

• Printed time cards and game mats
• Counters or tokens to cover matches

How to Use:

1. Print and prepare the time cards and game mats.
2. Distribute the mats and shuffle the time cards.
3. Students draw a time card that may display either a digital or analog o’clock time.
4. They search for the matching representation on their mat (digital or analog).
5. If a match is found, they cover the space with a counter. Continue until all matches are found or someone completes their mat.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a small group maths rotation to target time-telling skills.
• 💡 Set it up as a whole-class Bingo game for an engaging revision activity.
• 💡 Include in early finisher tubs for independent practise.
• 💡 Use for assessment by observing student accuracy in matching digital and analog time.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate cards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• 💛 Model how to read and interpret both digital and analog clocks before starting.
• 💛 Differentiate by limiting the number of time representations or by scaffolding students through the matching process.
• 💛 Encourage students to say the time aloud to reinforce vocabulary and oral fluency.

What’s That Time Game: O’Clock Digital & Analog Mixed is a fun and versatile way to build student confidence with time. It’s ideal for reinforcing key skills through engaging, low-prep, and flexible practise!