Space Preschool Activities Weekly Curriculum

Space Preschool Activities that will make your lesson planning simple! This space PreK lesson plan spans 5 days of hands-on activities. Packed with everything you need for a space themed unit with activities including: Dress up an Astronaut, a space shapes sensory bin, space themed crafts, build a rocket fine motor centers, math centers, literacy activities and so much more!

Perfect for preschool classrooms, homeschool teaching, and childcare settings, this Space Themed Printable Activity Pack takes the stress out of prepping new activities!

With easy-to-follow instructions, these printable resources have everything you need to effortlessly integrate these centers into your lessons.

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Focuses For The Week:

• Letter: Review
• Color: Review
• Shape: Review
• Numbers: 1-20

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Daily Break Down:

⭐ Day 1:

• Dress Up an Astronaut: Students can dress up their own astronaut with space clothing by re-creating the outfits on the each spacesuit card! Boy and girl mats have been provided (2 skin tones for each gender).

• Space Shapes: Set up a sensory bin with beans (or any filler of your choice) and add in the asteroid shape cards. Students can pick a shape card, find the matching shape on the "Space Shapes" sheet and record the shape by coloring it in. Shapes included: circle, heart, crescent, hexagon, star, oval, rectangle, triangle, pentagon, square. (BW and color options have been provided for the Space Shapes sheet)

⭐ Day 2:

• What is in space?: Students get to make their own mini space book to work on early literacy skills. Each page has a different space item to color and trace the word. Pages included: Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, Saturn, Planets, Suns, Moons, Stars

• My name is in space!: Work on learning name recognition with this space themed name craft. Easily edit each name using PowerPoint or use the pre-made star letters included in the PDF! Students can cut and paste each alphabet star to the space craft page to spell their name. (BW and color options have been provided for this craft)

⭐ Day 3:

• Planet Patters: Students get to create patterns by using mini planets to fill up the "Planet Pattern" cards. 22 planet patterns have been provided to work on AB, ABC, AABB, ABBA, and ABCD patterns. For added fun, you can add the mini planets to a space themed sensory bin!

• Constellation Creations: No prep craft to promote fine motor development! Just print each constellation craft page, then students can trace the lines and add star stickers to create their own constellations! Constellations included: Aries, Aquarius, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus, Virgo, Big Dipper, Bootes, Cygnus. Little Dipper, Orion, Triangulum

⭐ Day 4:

• Build a Rocket: Set up a fine motor center with counting cubes so that students can build a rocket to match the shapes on the mat! 28 Rocket cards included.

• Space Exploration: Students get to build space on their mat by counting the correct number of each space themed items! Set up this center by filling a sorting tray with space loose parts and play dough! This math center focuses on counting numbers 1-20.

⭐ Day 5:

• Alphabet Star Sort: Fill up a sensory bin and add in lowercase and uppercase alphabet stars. Student can pick a star from the sensory bin and determine if it is an uppercase or lowercase letter and place it onto the correct area of the space mat.

• Wacky Alien: Student will love building their own wacky alien by counting eyes, arms, legs, and stars! This math center focuses on counting numbers 1-20.

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⭐ Included For Each Day:

• Book recommendation
• Instructions with photos of each activity
• Weekly Plan (Editable PowerPoint Included)
• Daily Binder Covers for easy organization