Kindergarten · Math · Unit 8 of 8
First, Next, Today
Before, after and the days
What your child practises
Talk about the order of things at home: what you do first, next and last, and what happened yesterday or will happen tomorrow.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: KT1.1 · putting events in order, and using first, next, today, yesterday and tomorrow
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Today is Tuesday. What day was yesterday?
- Wednesday
- Monday
- Friday
Show answer
Monday
Hint: Yesterday is the day before today. Before Tuesday is Monday.
Question 2
A chick grows up. Tap the pictures in order.
- 🐔hen
- 🥚egg
- 🐥chick
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egg → chick → hen
Hint: First an egg, next a chick, last a hen.
Question 3
You go to bed. What do you do just before?
🛏️- go to school
- put on pyjamas
- eat breakfast
Show answer
put on pyjamas
Hint: Bedtime comes at the end of the day.
Question 4
A seed grows. Tap the pictures in order.
- 🌱sprout
- 🌰seed
- 🌻flower
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seed → sprout → flower
Hint: First a seed, next a sprout, last a flower.
Question 5
Wash your hands. Tap the pictures in order.
- 🧻dry your hands
- 🚰turn on the water
- 🧼rub with soap
Show answer
turn on the water → rub with soap → dry your hands
Hint: Turn on the water first, then soap, then dry.
Question 6
Which word means the day we are in right now?
- today
- tomorrow
- yesterday
Show answer
today
Hint: Today is now. Yesterday was before. Tomorrow is next.