It takes the hour hand a long time, twelve hours, to get home, but the minute hand gets home as soon as it counts the minutes all round the face of the clock.
Exercise II.
The teacher places the hands, each time stopping the hour hand at the right hour, and the minute hand at the twelve o’clock, or home hour, and having the pupils tell what time it is, individually.
Exercise III.
Send a pupil to the board; let him as the teacher dictates, make it one o’clock, two o’clock, etc. Let others do the same. Never continue for a minute with flagging interest and attention.
Drill until the pupils all see that the minute hand goes all the way around every time the hour hand goes from one hour to another.
Teach The Half Past.
Tell the pupils:—When the hour hand gets past a number, half way to the next number, the minute hand has counted half the minutes and is half way home.
Exercise IV.
Place the hands, at the half past marks, and let pupils tell individually what time it is.