As children progress through year 3 and into year 4 it is expected that they get to know and number of facts to do with measuring time, other than just reading the time on a clock face. These facts include knowing that:
1 year = 365 days or 52 weeks or 12 months
1 week = 7 days
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
hey should also be able to use a calendar and write the date correctly.
This will then progress onto knowing the number of days in each month. There are several ways of doing this. I prefer the ‘knuckle trick’ of putting both fists together , knuckles upright and then reciting the months going from left to right – tops of knuckles have 31 days, dips don’t.
The rhyme below can also be helpful:
30 days hath September
April, June and November,
All the rest have 31,
except in February alone
which has but 28 days clear
and 29 in each leap year.