Learning Resources Big Time 12-Hour Student Clock

by Learning Resources

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JH41
• Item model number: LER2095
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #1 in Toys & Games > Baby & Toddler Toys > Teaching Clocks
  • #3 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Science > Physics
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 6, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A great way to help kids grasp time-telling skills. Hidden gears maintain correct hour and minute relationships. Durable plastic clock has easy-to-read hour and minute markings.

Product Description

A great way to help kids grasp time-telling skills. Hidden gears maintain correct hour and minute relationships. Durable plastic student clock is 5" in diameter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea but average execution, January 9, 2011

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D. Tang (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Learning Resources Big Time 12-Hour Student Clock (Office Product)

My 5-year-old son loves this clock. He learned to tell time by reading digital clocks, but did not grasp analog time.

Pro:
1. It works like a real clock. You can only spin the minute hand to advance or reverse time. The hour hand can only move when you spin the minute hand. This is great for learning how time moves.
2. Good size for small hands - about 6 inches in diameter.
3. Has a removable stand in the back, and can be stored on the clock flat so you can store it in a drawer.

Con:
1. The hour hand somehow lost its adjustment, so for example when the minute hand was at 45, the hour hand would already be advanced to the next hour. This is confusing to a child who is learning how to tell time.
2. The minute hand became loose.
3. The removable stand is a little loose.

Final thoughts: I would recommend this clock because it's a great learning toy, but there are a few little problems with it.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plastic Yellow Movable Hands Clock, July 2, 2007

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Christine (Florida) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Learning Resources Big Time 12-Hour Student Clock (Office Product)

Nice clock to use for teaching your child how to read time to the minute. Not wooden as a previous reviewer wrote. It is plastic with a stand to stand up or remove the stand to lay down. It is the smaller one pictures. There is no book with this, just the clock.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clock Hands Must be Manually Moved, May 6, 2009

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Christopher (CA., USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Learning Resources Big Time 12-Hour Student Clock (Office Product)

This is a decent learning tool/toy and my daughter has spent a bit of time with the clock.

HOWEVER, the product description is so brief that a very important fact is omitted. The clock hands do not move on their own. The hands must be manually manipulated.

Though the product description says, "Hidden gears maintain correct hour and minute relationships," these are only to keep the hands in sync so that as you MANUALLY move the minute hand, the hour hand will also move with it.