How quickly and interesting to learn with a child the days of the week: exercises and games

Preparation for school is not only about learning to read, write and count, but also about orientation in time. Today you will learn how to teach your child to understand the days of the week: when to start and how to teach, so that it was easy and interesting.

What age to start teaching the days of the week with a child

It does not matter at what age you start to remember the days of the week with your child, the main thing is that by school he already:

• He knew their sequence.
• I knew that seven days is one week.
• He used the names of the days of the week.
• distinguish between working and weekend days;
• Orientated in the environment.

Specialists in the field of child development recommend to start training no earlier than 5 years with the division of the week into working and weekend days. Since children at this age are dominated by visually effective thinking, the training is easiest in a playful form and on real life examples. For example, you can explain to a child that when mom and dad do not need to work, and he in kindergarten, it means that the weekend has come.

If a child is under 5 years old, first you need to understand and remember the concepts of yesterday, today, tomorrow. It will be easy for him to cope with this, if he has already learned the difference between “morning”, “day”, “evening”, “night”.

To quickly understand the present, past and future tense, parents should associate the concept of “yesterday, today, tomorrow” with some memorable events. For example: “Remember, yesterday we went to the pool, tomorrow we will go to Grandma’s. Today we'll do the sculpting at home.”

How to learn the days of the week with a child easily and interesting

So, suppose that your child is already a little oriented in time, can count to ten, does not confuse “today, tomorrow and yesterday” – you can move on to the days of the week.

For the first acquaintance, we recommend starting with a weekly calendar or dial, which can be easily made with your own hands.

For the calendar you will need: colored paper and markers. Cut 7 squares of different colors from paper so that each corresponds to a specific day of the week. Explain to the child that one square is one day (day and night), and 7 cards are 7 days that together make up one week.

Then sign the cards together and hang in a prominent place. You can even make a colored train to make it more fun. Now you can get acquainted with the names of the days:

• Monday - comes after the weekend and opens the working week.
• Tuesday follows Monday at number two.
• Wednesday is midweek. The name of the day also contains a hint.
• Then Thursday and Friday, the clue is also hidden in the name of these days.
• Saturday and Sunday are the sixth and seventh. You're always on vacation these days.

Next, you can “decompose” the schedule of the child by day-cars. For example, Monday – kindergarten, drawing, Tuesday – kindergarten, reading lesson, etc.

You can also make a weekly dial out of dense paper and fix the concept of the past, present and future time on it, as well as learn the days of the week. In the future, such a dial can be made to teach the child to understand by the clock.

Teach the days of the week with children: exercises

Next, we give an example of exercises for children of older preschool and school age.

1. Associations. Each day of the week should be assigned a number: “Monday – 1, Tuesday – 2, Wednesday – 3, etc.”. When the associations are formed, you can begin to exercise for compliance.
2. You can find a ready-made crossword puzzle about the days of the week, or you can make your own.
3. Ask your child how many days are left until the weekend. If the answer is correct, ask what day of the week it is.
4. Try the countdown. Ask your child to list the days of the week in reverse order.
5. Use riddles, poems, puzzles. Later in the article we will give examples.
6. With older children, you can try to solve logical problems. What day is hidden between Wednesday and Friday? What day goes on after Monday? Which day of the week is the last and which is the first?
   

Games

If you see that after exercise your child still finds it difficult to navigate the days of the week, try games. Play is the best way to learn about the world for preschool and primary school children.

"I believe, I don't believe."

This game can be played at home, on the road, in line. Mom or Dad should tell you something, like Monday is after Tuesday. And the child must say whether he believes or not, and also give the correct answer.

"Funny Diary"

Take a dense sheet of paper (A3 or Watman format is suitable). Cut out the colored cardboard squares – these will be the days of the week. And glue to the watman so that you get pockets. Sign each pocket according to the days of the week and ask your child to put his or her plans into them. These can be hand-drawn pictures or photos cut from a magazine.

"Throw, catch, name the days of the week."

Throw the ball to each other and name the days of the week in order. Then make things a little more complicated and add questions like: What day comes after Wednesday? Thus, the child will quickly begin to navigate in time.

Teaching children poems about the days of the week

If you have already learned poetry with your son or daughter, you know that in rhymed form, information is remembered easier and faster. Here are some simple poems to help your child remember the days of the week.

And it will be even more interesting to come up with your quatrains about the days of the week. Such a non-standard approach will help the child develop memory, imagination, imagination and metaphorical thinking. And most importantly – learn from early childhood to better formulate and express thoughts.

After the days of the week, you can move on to the month and year. As you can see, there are many ways to develop children, the main thing is that the classes are comfortable for you and bring pleasure to the child.