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Days, Weeks, Months & Years

Recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months, and years

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What a learner can do afterwards

  • Name the seven days of the week in order
  • Name the twelve months of the year in order
  • Understand that a year is made up of months and weeks

The lesson

A week has seven days. Each day has its own name. The days always come in the same order.

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
The seven days of the week, always in this order.
Try it together

Leo checks his calendar. Today is Wednesday. Yesterday was Tuesday, and tomorrow is Thursday.

A year has twelve months. Each month has its own name. January comes first, and December comes last.

Good to know

A year is also about fifty two weeks long. Months and weeks both make up a year.

A week has seven days, and a year has twelve months.

Watch it

Where it sits

Where this leads

Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.

Then practise

8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

Days, Weeks, Months & Years · Mathematics, ages 5 to 6 · LightMySky