Dates
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Year 1: Dates (Week 1)
5 daily worksheets — Part of Telling Time
About Year 1 Dates Worksheets
Does your child know the days of the week and months of the year? These free Year 1 dates worksheets make learning them fun and memorable. Understanding dates is a key part of the Year 1 maths curriculum and helps children understand the passage of time.
Over five daily worksheets, your child will learn to recite and order the seven days of the week and twelve months of the year. They'll explore concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow, learn about the seasons, and practise reading simple calendars. These worksheets combine repetition with engaging activities to make the learning stick.
What's Inside Each Day
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Day 1
Days of the week — your child learns to recite, read, and write the seven days, and puts them in the correct order.
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Day 2
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow — children work out which day comes before and after a given day.
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Day 3
Months of the year — your child learns the 12 months in order and begins to associate them with seasons and events.
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Day 4
Reading a calendar — children use a simple calendar to answer questions about dates, days, and months.
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Day 5
Days and months mixed practice — your child answers a variety of questions about days, months, and simple dates.
Skills Your Child Will Practise
- Reciting and ordering days of the week
- Reciting and ordering months of the year
- Understanding yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- Reading a simple calendar
- Connecting months to seasons
Top Tip for Parents
Sing the days of the week together! Songs are one of the most effective ways for young children to remember sequences. You can also start each morning by asking your child what day it is, what day it was yesterday, and what day it will be tomorrow.
All our Year 1 Dates worksheets are completely free to download and print. Each worksheet is aligned to the UK national curriculum and includes fluency practice, word problems, and reasoning challenges — everything your child needs for a well-rounded KS1 maths practice session.