Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Days of the Week Practice
Knowing the order of the days of the week helps children talk about time with confidence. In this free calendar activity, your child answers simple questions such as If today is Tuesday, what day was yesterday? or If today is Friday, what day is tomorrow?
Each question gives a starting day, and the child names the day before or the day after. It is quick, friendly practice for preschool and early primary learners, and it works well on screen or as a printable worksheet for classroom warm-ups and homework.
How to play
- Say the seven days in order together: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
- Read each question aloud and point to the starting day on a calendar or day chart.
- Choose or write the correct answer for yesterday or tomorrow, then check it.
- Finish all ten questions, then ask your child to say today's day, yesterday's day and tomorrow's day.
This activity builds early time vocabulary. Children learn the fixed order of the seven days, understand that yesterday means the day before and tomorrow means the day after, and practise moving forwards and backwards in a sequence. That backwards step is surprisingly tricky, so repeated short practice helps a lot. The same thinking supports reading a calendar, planning school days and weekends, and later work with dates and durations. Try linking it to real life: ask what day the child had music class yesterday, or which day a family outing is planned for tomorrow.
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Updated 5 Nov 2026