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MathematicsMeasurementusually ages 4–6

Ordering Events in Time

Sequence events in chronological order using language such as before, after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

If you ask your child to describe what happened this morning in order, can they use words like "first", "then", "after that" — putting breakfast before leaving for school?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Nothing on the map comes before this — it’s a starting point.
Ordering Events in Timethis skill · ages 4–6
Unlocks
Days, Weeks, Months & Yearsages 5–6Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 NSW · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9MFM02low confidenceFoundation · Measurement

sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MAE-NSM-02low confidenceMathematics K-10 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2MFM02medium confidenceMathematics · Foundation · Measurement strand
VC2M1M03low confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Measurement strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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