This program helps the student to learn to recognize the Times of the Day. There are seven sub-programs.

Click on the “Help ” button to view the help contents. The help file opens in a separate window.

After selecting a sub-program, click on the “ Enter ” button to open the program.

To close this “Times of the Day” program , click on the “ Exit ” button.

When this option is selected, one “Times of the Day” picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Times of the Day using Pictures”, “Matching Times of the Day using Words” and “Matching Times of the Day using Clocks”, one “Times of the Day” picture is shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the one at the top, without any distracter. For “Discriminating Times of the Day”, one “Times of the Day” picture appears on the screen. For “Activity for Sequencing Times of the Day”, the program asks the student (for instance) “What comes after night and morningHelp” The student clicks on noon to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click only one time of the day to complete the activity.

When this option is selected, one “Times of the Day” picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Times of the Day using Pictures”, “Matching Times of the Day using Words” and “Matching Times of the Day using Clocks”, two “Times of the Day” items are shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the picture at the top, with one distracter. For “Discriminating Times of the Day”, two “Times of the Day” pictures appear on the screen. For “Activity for Sequencing Times of the Day”, the program asks the student (for instance) “What comes after noonHelp” The student clicks on afternoon and then evening to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click two times of the day to complete the activity.

When this option is selected, one “Times of the Day” picture appears at the top of the screen. For “Matching Times of the Day using Pictures”, “Matching Times of the Day using Words” and “Matching Times of the Day using Clocks”, three “Times of the Day” items are shown at the bottom of the screen to be matched with the picture at the top, with two distracters. For “Discriminating Times of the Day,” three “Times of the Day” pictures appear on the screen. For “Activity for Sequencing Times of the Day”, the program asks the student (for instance) “What comes after evening and before morningHelp” The student clicks on night to answer the question. In this level, the student needs to click only one time of the day to complete the activity.

This option is selected by default. When this is selected, the program can be used to train the student.

Select this option to measure the student's progress. The “Report” button under “Test” mode is enabled. The “Prompt” is disabled.

Display in BIG LETTERS

This check box is selected by default and is active only in training mode. This prompt is used to help the user find the correct answer on the screen. When this box is checked, the correct answer turns green as the mouse pointer passes over it and the wrong answers turn red.. Under test mode this option is turned off. For training mode the teacher/parent can select or deselect this option by clicking on it.

Command Text

This option is selected by default. When this is checked, a short text appears at the bottom of the screen. It tells the student which items to identify. If unchecked, the text won't be visible. This option is selected by default for all the programs except “Matching Times of the Day using Words”.

This is checked by default. If the student fails to match the correct “Times of the Day” picture within ten seconds, the program guides him/her to the correct “Times of the Day” picture. This is available for “Training” mode but disabled for “Test” mode.

Uncheck this box if the prompt is not needed in “Training” mode.

This option is disabled for “Activity for Spelling Times of the Day” and “Activity for Sequencing Times of the Day”.

If the correct “Times of the Day” picture is not chosen after ten seconds, an animation appears (the correct “Times of the Day” picture animates).

Congratulatory Animation

This box is checked by default. This is available only for the “Training” mode. When this is checked, clicking the correct “Times of the Day” picture Invites a congratulatory animation. This animation runs for ten seconds. Click anywhere on the screen or press space bar to stop the congratulatory animation.

Uncheck the box if the student doesn't need congratulatory animation.

This program has three features. They are “Words for Times of the Day”, “Spelling for Times of the Day” and “Description of Times of the Day”.

Words for Times of the Day

Spelling of Times of the Day

Description of Times of the Day

Auto Play

This program asks the student to spell the “Times of the Day” word by typing the letters. The “Times of the Day” word that needs to be spelled will be highlighted on the left of the screen. Training/Test, Screen Display (Display in BIG LETTERS/Display in small letters), Command Text and Congratulatory Animation can be selected for this program in the Settings screen.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

This program helps the student to sequence the times of the day. Level 1/Level 2/Level 3, Training/Test, Screen Display (Display in BIG LETTERS/Display in small letters), Prompt with Green/Red Color, Command Text and Congratulatory Animation can be selected for this program in the Settings screen.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

Here, the program will ask the student to identify a time of the day. The student is asked to find and click on the correct picture shown on the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Command Text, Prompt with Blink and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

In “Matching Time of the Day using Pictures” a “Times of the Day” picture is shown at the top of the screen. The student is asked to click on the matching “Times of the Day” picture shown among others at the bottom of the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Command Text, Prompt with Blink and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

This program runs like “Matching Times of the Day using Pictures,” but instead of pictures, words that name the times of the day are used. The student is required to click on the correct word which represents the time of the day shown on top of the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Prompt with Blink and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here.

This program runs like “Matching Times of the Day using Pictures,” but instead of pictures, clocks that show the times of the day are used. The student is required to click on the correct clock which represents the time of the day shown on top of the screen.

The default selections for this program are: Level 3, Training Mode, Display in BIG LETTERS, Command Text, Prompt with Blink and Congratulatory Animation.

To see the Settings for more information, click here .

Only under “Test” mode is “Report” enabled. After doing any number of test problems, you can click on “Done” to see the report. When you click on “Done” the settings screen appears. Now click on the “Report” button under “Test” to see test results. First the current test result will be shown with the date, starting time, end time, and level of the test. It also shows the percentage of correct answers. There are also buttons for showing test results in different forms. “Report” allows the teachers/parents to measure the student's progress. The following are available:

This screen shows test results including the grade, item identified, distracters, time taken to finish the test, and other necessary information based on the test.

If you wish to see test results on a bar chart, click this button.

This button appears on the Bar Chart Screen. Here, the student can see the average of all test results. Written vertically on the bar are overall percentage of correct answers and date and starting time of the tests. When there are any old results, they will be shown, left to right from oldest to latest.

This changes the display to the next more recent set of test results. When the current test result is on the screen, this button is grayed.

On the bottom, the display indicates which record is being shown out of total records.

When this button is clicked, the printer prints the current screen.