The minute hand starts from home just when the hour hand starts from an hour.
The number of minutes from home to the minute hand is what the minute hand has counted each time, and it shows the time, or minutes past an hour.
The number of minutes from the minute hand around to home again is what the minute hand will have to count each time, and it shows the time or minutes to an hour, or of an hour.
Exercise VI.
Drill in placing hands for pupils to tell the time.
Dictate for pupils to place hands.
MISCELLANEOUS DRILL.
One of the main objects of time drill in the schoolroom is to aid in effecting order.
Decorum acquired from time drills in the schoolroom characterize pupils on the streets, in public meetings, and in society everywhere.
The following time drills are very beneficial: Exercises in timing pupils’ work and plays.