Days of the Week Activity
Build a rainbow day train with this days of the week activity for Preschool through 1st Grade, then solve before-and-after day questions. Answer key included.
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Description
Knowing the seven days in order helps young learners talk about time, read a calendar and plan their week. This days of the week activity turns that skill into a colorful train game for Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st Grade. Children line up seven day boxcars behind an engine, starting with Sunday, and then solve before-and-after questions about the week.
How to Use the Day by Day Activity
Print the card sheets, cut them apart, and put the engine card down first. Children find Sunday, hook it behind the engine, and keep adding cars until the whole week is in order. Next, they read the fold-over Day Detective cards, say which day comes just before or just after, and flip the card to check the answer on the back. A My Week Train sheet lets children write the days in order, and a 1st Grade practice page reviews the day before and the day after. This preschool calendars activity works in a math center, a morning meeting, a small group or at home.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with simple steps
- 8 Train Cards: an engine and 7 day boxcars
- 6 fold-over Day Detective question cards
- My Week Train recording sheet
- 1st Grade practice worksheet
- Card answer key and practice answer key
Why Kids Love It
First, building a train is a hands-on way to see that the week always moves in the same order. Second, the Day Detective cards check their own answers, so children can practice on their own. Third, repeating the days each time they build the train makes the sequence stick.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Build the train every morning and point to today, yesterday and tomorrow. Remove one car and ask children which day is missing. Use this days of the week activity before a calendar lesson or as a quick review game at home.
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