Days of the Week Cut and Paste Worksheet for Preschoolers
This worksheet builds sequencing skills by asking children to place the seven days of the week in their correct order, a concept that lays the groundwork for understanding calendars, routines, and time. For preschoolers, memorizing a fixed sequence like Sunday through Saturday also strengthens verbal memory and the idea that some things always happen in the same order.
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Month 4: Learning & Development | Ages 4-5Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Begin by reading the days of the week aloud together in order a few times so your child hears the pattern before starting. Have them cut out each day card at the bottom of the page. Then, working left to right, ask them to find 'Sunday' first and paste it into the first box, continuing through the week one card at a time while saying each day out loud as it's placed. Once finished, read the completed sequence together to check the order.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- •Sing a days-of-the-week song together each morning until the order becomes automatic.
- •Make a simple paper calendar and have your child mark off each day as it passes.
- •Ask your child what special activity happens on each day, like 'What do we do on Saturday?'
- •Create a set of day cards and practice putting them in order as a timed game.
- •Point to today's day on a real calendar each morning and ask what day comes next.
Tips for parents and teachers
If your child struggles with the order, break the week into two halves — Sunday to Wednesday, then Thursday to Saturday — and practice each chunk separately before combining them. Saying the days as a rhythmic chant, rather than just reading them, often helps preschoolers retain the sequence faster.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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