The blackboard clock : $b device desk book for the primary teacher, for teaching pupils in first year and kindergarten grades how to tell time of day by the clock, and time drill.

"The Blackboard Clock: Device Desk Book for the Primary Teacher, for teaching pupils in First Year and Kindergarten Grades how to tell the time of day by the clock, and Time Drill" by Eva Aldrich is an instructional manual from the early 1890s made for elementary teachers. The book aims to give teachers the tools they need to teach young children how to tell time using a clock. It mixes lessons and activities, giving teachers what they to explain time to young students. The book has practice problems to show kids how to read a clock. Ms. Aldrich explains that the book is hands on and encourages teachers to make a clock on the chalkboard to show them its parts. The step-by-step instructions explain how to teach kids to count to sixty, the difference between the hour and minute hands, and what "quarter past" and "half past" mean. Additionally, it includes exercises designed to give kids a sense of time, being on time, sequence, and good habits and order in the classroom. The way Ms. Aldrich teaches is made to get the kids involved and make them understand the importance of time, day to day.