Children have no idea about the specific time, such as "8 am" and "9 pm", but they can understand the time before or after something.

Therefore, parents can use the expressions "after dad goes to work" and "after watching a program on TV" to set the time reference to help their children better understand the time.

2. The personification and materialization of time.

Children don't feel deeply about the passage of time, but parents can "personify" and "objectify" time with some stories or cartoon images to help children like time and understand the passage of time.

Just like this set of "drive, time! Hey, it's time! The incarnation of time is called the "time pony" that keeps running.

In the story, as long as you catch the pony of time, you can speed up or slow down the time. Xiaodong just grabbed the pony to speed up the time, so that he didn't have to do his homework or do things he didn't like, but in the end Xiaodong regretted it. ...

Xiao Xia, who likes birthdays very much, also seized the pony of time and let time repeat the birthday, but in the end Xiao Xia regretted it. ...

The two stories in this picture book are all ponies around time, telling children the truth of "cherishing the present time" with the stories of Xiao Dong and Xiao Xia.

3. Show time with tools

Tools can turn abstract time into something that can be seen directly, but for children aged 3 or 4, clocks and electronic clocks are more complicated. Parents can try to use more intuitive tools such as hourglass and small tomato (timer).

If parents want to go out and tell their children that they will be back in an hour, they can change it to the observable way of "the hands of the clock point to 6 o'clock".

4, production time plan

After knowing the time, children need to observe the time if they want to have a good concept of time. Parents can make a timetable with their children, stick to the time plan and form a habit. With an understanding of time, children can naturally learn to manage their own time.