How this product aligns with the EYLF

Supporting play-based learning and inquiry
Teach Me The Time Dominoes encourages children to engage in play-based learning by providing a hands-on approach to understanding time. As children match digital and analogue times, they explore concepts of time in a playful context, fostering curiosity and inquiry as they discover how time is represented in different formats.

Developing early STEM and problem-solving skills
This domino game supports the development of early STEM skills by challenging children to think logically as they match time representations. Through gameplay, children enhance their numeracy skills and problem-solving abilities, as they must consider the relationships between different times and strategise their moves.

Relevant EYLF Outcomes
Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners.
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators.

Classroom, Play Activity & Provocation Ideas
Classroom & Learning Area Ideas
Set up a dedicated time-telling corner where children can explore the dominoes alongside clocks and other time-related resources.
Incorporate the dominoes into a maths centre, allowing children to use them for individual or small group time-telling activities.

Play-Based Activity Ideas
Encourage children to create their own time-telling stories using the dominoes, promoting language development and storytelling skills.
Organise a game where children take turns matching dominoes while discussing their daily routines and the times associated with different activities.

Provocation Ideas
Present the dominoes as a challenge, asking children to find all the matches within a set time limit to promote engagement and excitement.
Introduce a ‘time scavenger hunt’ where children use the dominoes to find real-life examples of time in their environment, such as clocks in the classroom or around the centre.