Aramazu  – Teacher Testimonials

“I have taught one lesson to a Y2 class and many were reading to the five minutes at the end of it, which is better than many in our Y3 class!
AM West Yorkshire

‘At Tibberton our joint activity with Aramazu has been both fun for our pupils and noticed by Ofsted as a hugely beneficial relationship.  We have found Aramazu to be an innovative and very effective way to teach young children how to tell the time.  Children throughout the school from Y1-Y6 have enjoyed using and evaluating the scheme….”. ’ Nigel Brown, Head Teacher, Tibberton Community Primary School.

“We used the Aramazu materials with a mixed Year 1/2 class with very positive results. The children loved the stories and found the concept of time mountains very easy to understand. It really felt like time made sense to them! The practical activities were particularly useful.  We have also found the resources very useful for supporting misconceptions in older pupils. We will certainly be using the Aramazu materials as our primary means of teaching time in the future.”
Mrs Sally Ford Head Teacher,Ford First School Northumberland

“Because of the freshness of approach and the children’s enthusiasm, I spent more time on learning the time during the trial week than I usually would. That said the results were amazing, at the end of the week all children could tell the time to the hour and most to half past. We went on a whole class tour of the school showing off our learning and challenging some of the older children to race us, the year one’s kept winning. About two months has passed now since I took the trial and about three quarters of the class have retained instant recognition of half past and o’clock times.”
Karen Mair, Rendlesham Community Primary School Suffolk

“The children absolutely loved watching the videos about Aramazu and they were all very engaged by the story.  The teaching method is extremely creative and fun.  It gives the children a more visual and practical way of learning to tell the time.”
Henrietta Mercer, Eaton House School London

I am an elementary math specialist for grades 1-4, yet teaching young children how to tell time has bedeviled me (and probably every other teacher of young children since clocks were invented).  I teach twelve separate sections of second or third graders, and each time I read out loud your storybook, at least one or two kids would say out loud, “Oooh, now I get it!”.  The story and illustrations are funny, appealing, and memorable to kids.  I’ve been raving about Aramazu to colleagues and parents.
Daley Chan, Lower School Math Lab Teacher
The Latin School of Chicago