Time is a difficult concept to grasp. It can take years for children to associate the movement of clock hands with the passing of time. For very young children, time only exists in the moment. So, when they are dropped off at nursery in the morning, they have no idea how long it will be until they see their parents again.
At the age of three, a child begins to understand that time is a continuum and that things took place before now and will take place after now. After this age, time gradually changes from being a very loose concept to one that has associations with days of the week and times of the day.
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