Hello! For 13 years I worked with children from 3 to 14 years old, taught English in language centers, private kindergartens and privately. The topic has always been particularly difficult over time, since in English there are some features that are easier to explain visually using a dial. None of my students knew how to tell time the usual way, and now many don't even have wall clocks with hands at home - most have smart speakers with clocks, or digital clocks, or even just smartphones. I also encountered the fact that it is difficult for children to understand what "half past one" or "15 minutes to seven" is, and the correspondence of the 24-hour format to the 12-hour format often caused confusion, confusion arose between 17 and 19:00, 15 and 5, etc. Some of my colleagues said that you are worrying, native speakers themselves already say "five thirty" instead of "half past five", but for me this is a matter of principle and at the very least brain development. Otherwise, you could say, why learn the multiplication table, multiplication and long division, because there is a calculator? Why learn and study anything at all when you can Google? I always tried to convey to my children and students that no doubt no one can take away the knowledge you have in your head. But the internet and digital assistants exist today, but not tomorrow, given the current reality. Best regards,

Hello! For 13 years I worked with children from 3 to 14 years old, taught English in language centers, private kindergartens and privately. The topic has always been particularly difficult over time, since in English there are some features that are easier to explain visually using a dial. None of my students knew how to tell time the usual way, and now many don't even have wall clocks with hands at home - most have smart speakers with clocks, or digital clocks, or even just smartphones. I also encountered the fact that it is difficult for children to understand what "half past one" or "15 minutes to seven" is, and the correspondence of the 24-hour format to the 12-hour format often caused confusion, confusion arose between 17 and 19:00, 15 and 5, etc. Some of my colleagues said that you are worrying, native speakers themselves already say "five thirty" instead of "half past five", but for me this is a matter of principle and at the very least brain development. Otherwise, you could say, why learn the multiplication table, multiplication and long division, because there is a calculator? Why learn and study anything at all when you can Google? I always tried to convey to my children and students that no doubt no one can take away the knowledge you have in your head. But the internet and digital assistants exist today, but not tomorrow, given the current reality. Best regards,

YG.