The Backward Day Adventure: What If Everything Happened in Reverse?
A Topsy-Turvy World of Wonder
Have you ever thought about what would happen if everything in your day went backward? Not just walking backward for fun, but EVERYTHING happening in reverse? Imagine waking up saying “Thgin doog” (that’s “Good night” backward!) instead of “Good morning!” Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of Backward Day!
How Would Your Backward Morning Look?
Let’s think about how your morning would go on Backward Day. You’d start by opening your eyes when it’s still dark outside. Instead of getting sleepier as the night goes on, you’d actually become more and more awake until morning, when you’d finally fall asleep as the sun comes up!
Your alarm clock wouldn’t wake you up – it would help you fall asleep! And your bedtime story would start with “The End” and finish with “Once Upon a Time.” Isn’t that silly?
Backward Bathroom Fun
Taking a bath would be super strange too! The water would jump OUT of the tub and back into the faucet. Even weirder – you’d get INTO the bathtub dirty and come OUT clean! The soap bubbles would pop back into the soap bar, and all the dirt would stick back onto your skin. You’d be getting dirtier in the bath instead of cleaner! Yuck!
Brushing your teeth? The toothpaste would go from your mouth back onto the toothbrush. Talk about topsy-turvy!
Backward Breakfast: The Messiest Meal Ever!
Eating backward would definitely be the GROSSEST part of Backward Day! Your cereal would jump from your tummy back into your bowl. EWWW! Can you picture your half-chewed toast going back onto your plate?
Instead of drinking your juice, it would flow UP from your tummy and back into the glass. Your sandwich would un-make itself, with the cheese and jelly separating and going back into their containers!
Would Food Taste Different Backward?
Hmm, I wonder – would chocolate taste the same if you ate it backward? Would vegetables taste better? Maybe broccoli would be delicious in reverse! What do you think?
Backward School: Starting with Goodbye!
A backward school day would be absolutely bonkers! You’d begin by saying “Goodbye” to your teacher instead of “Hello.” The last class of the day would actually be the first, and you’d start with recess! How awesome would that be?
In art class, you’d start with a finished painting, and then you’d unpaint it until the paper was blank again. Your paintbrush would suck the paint back up like a tiny vacuum cleaner!
Backward Learning
Learning would be inside-out too! Instead of learning new things, you’d actually unlearn them throughout the day. Maybe 2+2 would suddenly equal fish instead of 4! Your knowledge would get wobblier as the day went on.
The Best Part: Backward Homework!
Here’s the part every kid would love – backward homework! You’d start with completed homework, and at the end of the day, you’d “un-do” it all! You’d erase all your answers and hand in a blank sheet.
Imagine your teacher saying, “Please empty your brains of all this knowledge by tomorrow morning!” instead of “Please learn this by tomorrow!” Wouldn’t that be every kid’s dream?
Backward Sports and Games
Sports would be completely flipped around on Backward Day. In backward soccer, you’d start with a score (like 3-2), and then players would try to UN-score goals!
If your team has 3 points, you’d want to kick the ball OUT of the other team’s goal to lose points. The winners would actually be the team with ZERO points at the end!
Backward Cheering
And would everyone cheer when you lose a point? Would they go “Awwww” when someone scores a goal? The crowd might chant “ESOL, ESOL, ESOL” instead of “GOAL, GOAL, GOAL”!
Can you imagine the players running backward the whole time? They’d probably bump into each other constantly!
Backward Birthday Parties
Birthday parties would be totally flipped around too! You’d start by opening presents, then have cake, and end with saying hello to all your friends as they arrive (or actually, leave)!
Instead of blowing OUT your candles, you’d have to suck the flames back INTO existence! WHOOSH! And your friends would take pieces of cake back from their tummies and rebuild the whole cake. Eww, that sounds super gross!
Getting Younger, Not Older!
The best part of a backward birthday? Instead of getting older, maybe you’d get younger! Grown-ups could turn back into kids for a day! And babies would be the ones taking care of adults. Can you picture a tiny baby driving a car and going to work? That’s completely bonkers!
Backward Entertainment
Watching TV shows and movies would be a whole new experience! They would play from the ending credits back to the beginning! You’d watch the happy ending first, and then figure out how they got there!
Characters would walk backward and talk backward. Sad parts would turn into happy parts because tears would go back into people’s eyes! Starting with the happy ending could make scary movies a lot less scary!
Backward Books and Stories
Reading backward would be super tricky! You’d have to start at the last page and read each sentence from the last word to the first word! Like instead of “The dog ran fast,” you’d read “Fast ran dog the.” BONKERS!
Your favorite stories would have completely different meanings. The Three Little Pigs would start with houses already built, and end with homeless pigs!
Backward Talking: The Ultimate Brain Challenge!
The absolute funniest part of Backward Day would be trying to have conversations backward! You’d say the answer before hearing the question!
You might say “Yes, chocolate is my favorite” and then your friend would ask “What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?” Everything would be one big riddle! Like a backward guessing game!
We’d all sound like silly fortune tellers, giving answers before knowing the questions!
Practice Your Backward Skills!
Want to try talking backward? Here are some words to practice:
- Hello becomes Olleh
- Friend becomes Dneirf
- School becomes Loohcs
- Play becomes Yalp
It’s tricky, isn’t it? Your tongue gets all twisted up!
Could You Become a Backward Champion?
I bet some people would practice all month for Backward Day! There could be backward running races and backward spelling bees! Maybe you could become the backward champion of your school!
What do you think you’d be best at doing backward? Maybe backward singing? Instead of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” it would be “Star Little Twinkle Twinkle!” It would sound like a magical alien language!
The Magic of Thinking Backward
Even though Backward Day sounds super silly and fun, especially the part about starting school with recess, some parts would be way too messy and gross (like backward eating – yuck!).
But thinking about a backward world helps our brains see our normal world in brand new ways! It makes us appreciate how things normally work and helps us be more creative thinkers.
Try Your Own Mini Backward Day!
Why not try your own Pretend Backward Day where you only do the fun parts? You could:
- Say “doog gninrom” to your family in the morning
- Write your name backward
- Try walking backward (carefully!) in a safe place
- Wear your clothes backward (if your parents say it’s okay)
- Count backward from 20 instead of up from 1
All the fun and none of the gross backward eating!
What Would You Do on Backward Day?
Now it’s your turn to think! What would you love to do backward? What would be the most fun part of Backward Day for you? Would you be good at backward skipping? Backward singing? Or maybe backward dancing?
Let your imagination run wild – or should I say, let your imagination run backward? The world is full of wonderful possibilities when we turn things upside down and inside out!
Until next time… “Eybdoog” everyone – oops, I mean “Goodbye!”
