This EYFS Hickory Dickory Dock Make a Clock activity helps children to order numbers to 12 and arrange them in a clock format, as well as begin to recognise the purpose of the hands on a clock. This activity could be completed by cutting out the numerals and clock hands or by writing them onto the clock.

It covers the following objectives for children in reception:

Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value

Count beyond ten