Days of the Week Songs and Rhymes
Lay out seven cards with the names of the weekdays. For a calendar exercise, point to today's card, then move one place back for yesterday and one place forward for tomorrow. Put the cards in the order your calendar uses.
Choose the rhyme for the task. Use Today Is Monday for remembering a growing list, Solomon Grundy for a story in weekday order, and Monday's Child for spotting the weekday names.
Today Is Monday
Put a picture beside each day as you sing. After one run, turn the pictures over and see which ones the group remembers.
Solomon Grundy
Ask what happens on each day and put the answers in order. The story includes illness and death, so preview it before using it with young children.
Monday's Child
Point to each weekday as it comes up. Make up a kind action for each day as a follow-up. The old rhyme's descriptions are part of its verse.
Where to Go Next
- Cumulative songs: Practise remembering one new item per verse.
- Counting and learning rhymes: Try more songs with patterns.