How Many Days Between Dates? Examples, Activities and Worksheets

🎓 Year 2 (ACARA Code: AC9M2M03)

🎯Focus:
✅count how many days are between two dates.
✅count forward on a calendar.
✅count backward on a calendar.
✅work out when a special event will happen.
✅use a calendar to plan birthdays, school events and holidays.

Video Lessons

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🎬 Video Lesson Tips

📅 Show a real calendar or classroom calendar.
👀 Point to the year, month, date and day.
🗓️ Count one box at a time on the calendar.
🔢 Pause and let children join in with the counting.
⭐ Use arrows to show forward and backward moves.

💡 Key Ideas

A calendar helps us count the days between two events.

📌 Important words

Date = the number in a calendar box
Event = something special that happens
Between = the days in the middle
Forward = moving to a later date
Backward = moving to an earlier date

🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check

Try these after watching the video:

❓Question 1: What do we count to find the days between dates?

✅ Answer: Boxes

❓Question 2: What do we do first?

✅ Answer: Find the dates

Question 3: What does “between” mean?

✅ Answer: The days in the middle.

❓Question 4: What can a calendar help us plan?

✅ Answer: Birthdays

❓Question 5: If we move back on a calendar, we are counting…

✅ Answer: backward

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📚 Other Lessons in This Unit

Step	Lesson	What You Learn
1	📅How to Use a Calendar in Year 2? Days, Months & Calendar Activities with Worksheets	✅ Name all 12 months of the year in order ✅ Know how many days are in each month ✅ Use a calendar to find dates and days ✅ Count days between events on a calendar
2	📅 How Do You Read a Calendar? Examples, Activities and Worksheets	✅read the year, month, date and day on a calendar. ✅find a specific date on a calendar. ✅say what day a date falls on. ✅use a calendar to find special events. ✅practise reading dates in a simple, clear way.
3	📅 How Many Days Between Dates? Examples, Activities and Worksheets 🌟You are here🌟	✅count how many days are between two dates. ✅count forward on a calendar. ✅count backward on a calendar. ✅work out when a special event will happen. ✅use a calendar to plan birthdays, school events and holidays.