Days Of The Week Worksheets

Teaching The Days Of The Week As A Sequence

Learning the days of the week is really two skills at once: saying them in the right order and being able to write each one. Tracing practice handles the second half, but it works best once a child already has some sense of the sequence, so saying the days aloud together before printing is worth the extra minute.

This sheet moves through Monday to Sunday in order rather than mixing them up, so the sequence itself gets reinforced every time a child works down the page. Some classrooms teach the week starting from whichever day the school week begins on; either order works fine with this sheet, since all seven days are included.

Repetition spread across a week is what actually cements a sequence like this, more than one long practice session. Sending one day's sheet home each afternoon, so a child traces Monday on Monday and Tuesday on Tuesday, ties the writing practice to something the child is already living through.

Using This With A Visual Schedule

Days of the week show up constantly in classroom routines, and a child who can read and write them gets more out of a printed schedule than one who is still guessing at the word under Wednesday's icon. Tracing practice and a visual schedule reinforce each other: the schedule gives the words a reason to matter, and the tracing sheet builds the skill of producing them.

If a classroom already runs on a visual schedule, this pairs naturally rather than adding an extra task. The free visual schedule maker on this site builds the schedule side of that pairing, with the same day names in the same order.

Capital Letters And Day Names

Day names are always capitalized in English, which is a small but real convention a child needs to pick up alongside the words themselves. This sheet prints Monday, not monday, so the model a child traces already shows the rule rather than teaching a habit that has to be corrected later.

It is worth pointing out explicitly if a child asks why the first letter is big. That one detail, repeated across seven different words, is a quick way to make a capitalization rule stick.

Common Questions

Are these worksheets free?

Yes. The whole week prints from one free PDF, no watermark and no account, and you can reprint a single day whenever one needs extra work.

Can I change which days are included?

Yes. Open the free worksheet maker and edit the list under Customize if you want fewer days on one page, or the days in a different order.

Do you offer a cursive version?

Not yet. Every day of the week worksheet on this page prints in print letters. Cursive is a planned addition, not something available today.

What order should children learn the days in?

Most classrooms teach Sunday through Saturday or Monday through Sunday, matching whichever day their week starts on. Either order works fine with this sheet, since all seven days print together.

Does this print on A4 paper?

Yes. Choose A4 or US Letter before you print or download, and the layout adjusts to fit.