Year 2 explorers get to know the whole year. They put the twelve months in order, start to learn how many days each month has, remember key time facts and work out how many hours an outing lasts.
What your child will learn
- Say the twelve months of the year in order
- Find the month just before or just after another month
- Know that an hour has 60 minutes and a day has 24 hours
- Work out how many hours something lasts from its start and end times
A year is a circle too
Like the days of the week, the months go round: after December comes January, and a new year begins. Birthdays, school holidays and festivals are handy landmarks for remembering which month comes where.
How long does it last?
If a party starts at 2:00 and ends at 5:00, count on the hours: 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 — that is 3 hours. Counting on from the start is more reliable than guessing from the two numbers.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Which month comes just before April?
- July
- May
- February
- March
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Answer: March. In order: January, February, March … November, December, then round again. The month before April is March.
2. Which month comes just after February?
- April
- March
- May
- January
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Answer: March. In order: January, February, March … November, December, then round again. The month after February is March.
3. Which month comes just before March?
- January
- June
- February
- April
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Answer: February. In order: January, February, March … November, December, then round again. The month before March is February.
Tips for grown-ups
- Mark family birthdays on a wall calendar and count the months between them.
- Ask “How long were we at the park?” using the clock times you left and came home.
- Turn the calendar page together at the start of each month.