Outer Space Activity Pack

Outer Space Preschool Activity Pack

7/6/2020

Exploring Outer Space with young children is so fun. They have such a natural curiosity about the world around them.
This 57-page activity pack includes a variety of Math, Literacy, Fine Motor, and Science activities perfect for creating centers, file folder activities, or morning work for preschoolers.

Make them your own....

These activities are flexible to meet the developmental needs of the children in your care, and having them at your fingertips makes it easy to offer child led materials on the go.

These activities are a long term investment. Print, laminate and store them for next year-saving you time in the future! They can also be printed printable magnet sheets to add an extra element of fun to the activity or create a quiet time game.

What's inside this Activity Pack

Space Shuttle Shape Clip Cards
Blast off color matching activity
Outer Space Cutting Practice Puzzles
Outer Space Pre-Writing/Cutting Practice
Starry night uppercase & lowercase file folder game
Outer Space Count and Clip Cards
Outer Space Number Puzzles
Counting Stars Mats 1-10 with Frames & Counters
Night Sky Counting Mats 1-10
Blast off counting mats 1-20
Night Sky Counting Mat 1-20
Outer Space Gross Motor Activity Cards
Outer Space sorting mat
Planet Line-Up
Astronaut and spaceship shapes file folder game
I Spy Outer Space
Outer Space Positional Mat
Label the parts of the space shuttle
Outer Space 3-part cards
Outer Space Word Wall Cards

Also Included: Cover, Directions, TOS, and Graphics Credit

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Space Shuttle Shape Clip Cards

Practice shape matching with these space shuttle shape clip cards.

BLAST OFF COLOR MATCHING ACTIVITY

Set this fun activity up as a tot tray or a file folder game and blast off to matching fun!

OUTER SPACE CUTTING Practice Puzzles

These outer space themed cutting puzzles are a fun way to practice cutting skills including following a variety of lines.

STARRY NIGHT UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE FILE FOLDER GAME

This file folder game includes both uppercase and lowercase star cards to customize this activity based on skill level. Practice matching lowercase stars to lowercase stars...

Or pair the uppercase star cards with the mats to practice uppercase to lowercase matching.

OUTER SPACE COUNT AND CLIP CARDS

Number clip cards are a great way to practice numeral recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and work on finger strength.
**Teacher Tip: If you offer these type of activities often try offering a variety of types of clothes pins. You can get short and wide ones like the ones above, traditional clothes pins, mini clothes pins, and larger ones.

OUTER SPACE Number PUZZLES

COUNTING STARS MATS 1-10 WITH FRAMES & COUNTERS

Number puzzles are a blast!
As a special challenge for this fun theme, challenge older preschoolers to put the pieces in order backwards from 10-1

These number mats with frames are a fun way to practice number recognition and counting skills.
Pair with the included printable star counters or with your own fun counters such as pom poms or star erasers.

Counting Stars 1-20

Young children working on larger numbers can benefit from this activity, counting stars up to the number 20.

NIGHT SKY COUNTING MATS 1-10

These counting mats also include the number word for children learning sight words as well as counting skills.

BLAST OFF COUNTING MATS 1-20

Blast off and count stars in outer space. Flip a card, identify a number from 1-20,, then add stars to the mat.

OUTER SPACE GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITY CARDS

Work on gross motor development while exploring outer space related items. Slip these on a binder ring and carry around to use during transitions.

OUTER SPACE SORTING MAT

Practice sorting and ordering by size with this activity.

PLANET LINE-UP

Line up planets in order away from the sun. Extend by adding in the dwarf planet Pluto and the Asteroid belt.

ASTRONAUT AND SPACESHIP SHAPES FILE FOLDER GAME

Preschoolers love astronauts!
Use this activity to practice matching up shapes.

I SPY OUTER SPACE

Print two sets of this activity page. Cut out the pieces from one page and place around the room or in a sensory bin. Then use the other as a checklist as children find the planets.

OUTER SPACE POSITIONAL MAT

Understanding Positional Phrases is important for young children to understand directions.
Use this mat and cards along with the instruction cards to practice positional phrases.

LABEL THE PARTS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE

What are the parts of a space shuttle? Learn and label the parts with this activity.

OUTER SPACE 3-PART CARDS

These Outer Space 3-Part Cards are great for gaining understanding of Outer Space nomenclature. The cards can be kept whole and used with props as shown above. You could also keep one set whole, then cut the word away from the photo in the other set for children to match to the complete card.

OUTER SPACE WORD WALL CARDS

Use these word wall cards for out of this world fun. Add them to your writing center to encourage stories & writing, use with gross motor games or to enhance your circle time space.

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