Printable games for kids

Telling the Time


a board game with cards for kids learning English


Language aim: telling the time in English.

preparation


  • Print out a game board and question cards. If you want, you can stick the printout onto the heavy paper. Laminate for future use.
  • Cut out the individual cards, fold them and glue. Learn more how to prepare our cards (pdf). They are double-sided with questions (tasks) on one side and colourful patterns on the other.
  • Before playing the game revise or pre-teach the names of all the items on the playing cards.
  • Our printables are in pdf format. To download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

There are 3 kinds of question cards used in the game:

  • yellow - easy questions
  • green - medium questions
  • blue - difficult questions

how to play

This is a board game with cards for 2-4 players (or teams).


  • Put question cards in three piles ( a yellow pile, a green pile, and a blue pile) face down.
  • Take a turn by flipping a coin (heads = move 1 space; tails = move 2 spaces).
  • When you land on
    a yellow square - pick up a card from the yellow pile, look at the picture and read the time. Each correct answer gains one yellow point;
    a green square - pick up a card from the green pile, look at the picture and read the time. Each correct answer gains two green points;
    a blue square - pick up a card from the blue pile, look at the picture and read the time. Each correct answer gains three blue points.
  • If you are right, don't move. Write down your score. At the end of the game, add them up for your total score.
  • If you are wrong, move back one space.
  • The player with the highest score is the winner.