Number index cards from zero to 60. Quiz her on the names of all the numbers. Be sure the child understands the concept of 10s place and ones place. This will help her to understand the workings of a digital clock.
Teach the child the difference between the hour side of the digital clock and the minute side. Note that the hour side runs from "1" to "12" and the minute side goes from "1" to "60." Practice during the day looking at the clock and figuring out what time it is. Encourage your child to show off her new skills often.
Explain to the child that days begin at "12:00," or 12 a.m., and run through "12:00," or 12 p.m., or noontime when the sun is usually at a high point in the sky. Then a second cycle of 12 hours completes the day. The term "a.m." refers to late night and morning, while "p.m." refers to afternoon and evening.
Show your child an analog clock and point out times when the big hand is on the 12, 3, 6 and 9. These times correspond to the top of the hour, quarter past the hour, half past the hour and quarter to the next hour.
Show the child that the shorter hand on the clock corresponds to one of the 12 hour times of the day.
Have your child learn to count by 10s to at least 60. Next, teach him how to count by fives. This will help teach the child minute increments.
Teach multiplying by 10s and fives. The child will eventually associate the "1" on the clock with five minutes, the "2" with 10 minutes and so forth.
Use online worksheets (see Resources) to have the child practice telling time. Soon she'll be proficient at telling time to the nearest five-minute increment. Then show her how to count the dots between the numbers on the clock to know what time it is to the nearest minute.
Check their skills at any given time of day. Show the child a digital time and have him draw what the same time would look like on an analog clock.