Clock Reading
Read the time from the hands
Play online — no app to installFree printable worksheets
Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Download the worksheets (PDF)
Download and print straight away — no sign-up, no email. Each file holds four worksheets and the answer sheets.
These files are prepared in advance, so they always hold the same puzzles. For a fresh set every time, use “Print puzzles” on the site itself.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — O'clock only (3:00, 7:00)
- 2. Gentle — Half hours (3:30)
- 3. Easy — Quarter hours (3:15)
- 4. Normal — Five-minute steps (3:40)
- 5. Hard — To the minute · no numbers on the face
Scoring
| Level | The minutes get finer — Level 1 on the hour · Level 2 half hours · Level 3 quarter hours · Level 4 five-minute steps · Level 5 to the minute, with no numbers on the face |
|---|---|
| How to answer | Tap the right time among the buttons — it is checked straight away |
| Correct answers | Up to 600 · in proportion to correct answers |
| Time bonus | Up to 300 · only if you finish, in proportion to time left |
| Streak bonus | Up to 100 · 3 in a row 25 / 4 in a row 50 / 5 in a row 75 / 6 or more 100 |
| Wrong-answer penalty | None — a wrong answer just shows the right one and moves on |
| Level bonus | Normal +100, Hard +250 (when you finish) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 · Normal: 1,100 · Hard: 1,250 |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.