Aramazu – Press and Parenting Website Reviews
“I get sent lots of things….. some impress me more than others. I have to admit I was very impressed by Aramazu and especially when my son, who is four, started to understand the concept of telling the time.”
Sarah Ebner TimesOnline
“I have taught time for many many years but never with such instant success”
Jackie Bacon Parents in Touch
“To say I am impressed and amazed is an understatement. This method of teaching children… is so tuned in to the ways their minds work that they catch on practically instantly.”
Potty Mummy on Potty-Diaries
“I am sceptical when it comes to whizzy new learning methods… but hey this really does work”
Angels and Urchins
“ and a week on, my son is now telling me what time it is.”
Joanne Mallone ParentDish UK
Primary Times Trial July 2009
To test this new time-teaching method, popular parenting website Primary Times ran a trial of 50 parents, whose children were all able to count to 60. Of the 30 who responded, the results were resoundingly positive:
85% of the children tested were able to fully tell the time within a week
50% of children tested took less than one hour to learn to tell the time fully with Aramazu
100% of parents tested say they would recommend Aramazu
Aramazu - Parent Testimonials
‘My 3 ½ year-old can tell the time too now thanks to Aramazu. She picked up telling the time after one read. Fanastic!’
Mrs Bentley
‘My daughter was so confident after the first 15 minutes – great method – would recommend to all parents and teachers.’
Miss Tracey
‘An excellent method – my daughter was proud of her achievement.’
Mrs Steel
‘We’ve been struggling to get him to understand time and this has really helped.’
Mrs Bull
‘It was learning through play.’
Mrs Winterman
‘My son has never been interested and we have spent ages trying to teach him but once we tried this he grasped it really quickly.’
Mrs Joyce
‘I love this product!’
Ms Coles
‘I am such a fan you wouldn’t believe it. We have only read each book once; Sky knew nothing beforehand, and is now constantly telling me what hour we are on and whether we are looking at “to” or “past”. I used to train adults for a living so I get really enthusiastic about effective learning solutions!!’.
Mrs H. Shah, mother of Sky aged 5.
“Thank you very much – we’ve received the pack and it’s terrific. After just half an hour my little boy had grasped the simple concept. I will be using it for my little girl when she’s ready.”
Lesley Darling (Ipswich)
“I just wanted to say a huge “thank you” for the Aramazu Clock and Books I won on your ( Primary Times) website recently. My daughter (7) has been struggling to tell the time for a while but after reading the first book only once, seems to have got the hang of it! Thanks so much for giving us the chance to try this!”
Fiona Edwards
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 and also producing their own ideas for board games and computer games. Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted the business links with Aramazu and praised “well-managed opportunities for children to use their initiative and develop organisational skills in both mini-enterprise activities”. ’
Nigel Brown, Head Teacher, Tibberton Community Primary School.
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