The goal of this clock game is to see who can reach 24 hours first. It’s played by spinning the dial and counting up the minutes and hours.
This game and instructions was originally published in 1905. But it can still be played today and have just as much learning value as it did in the past.
You can make your own clock face or print off the one here. Although, there are probably better options for clock faces to be found on a Google image search.
Round-the-Clock Fun
The face of the clock as it stands should be cut out and mounted on stiff board, and, however the hands are arranged, they, too, should be most carefully cut out and stiffened so that when pinned to the center of the clock they will turn very easily. Just a snap of the finger should spin them around the dial.
Two or even four can play the game. There are 24 hours in one day, and the score must reach that count to win. The first player spins the dial, and when the hands stop, counts up the time to his own score. Remember, he wants to make his aggregate of time reach 24 hours just as quickly as he can, for there are others on the next spin who are opposing him.
The first player may get as count by the hands ten minutes after 12 – then he puts to his credit 12 hours and 10 minutes.
The next player spins the hands and puts down his count, and so on until all those who are in the game have had their turn, when it comes back to the first player.
It may not always be possible to make the exact count at the end of the game ; that is, it may run 10 minutes after the 24 or 10 minutes before, but the first player to go beyond his time limit wins in the game.
Source: The Cook County herald. (Grand Marais, Minn.), 25 Feb. 1905.
