This week’s theme: Outer Space

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Academic Counting moon Space grid game All about space Beginning sounds Planets
rocks shuttles

Craft Star sensory bag Paper plate aliens Making a rocket Making Pom-pom planets
ship constellations

Book “The Night Sky” “Astronaut “Roaring Rockets” “Draw Me a Star” “Mousestronaut”
by Alice Pernick. Handbook” by by Tony Mitton and by Eric Carle by Mark Kelly
Meghan Ant Parker
McCarthy

Learning Centers

Blocks: Add PVC pipe fittings and gloves. Children could make “repairs” to their spaceships.
Dramatic Play: Astronaut costume, an old keyboard, walkie talkies, star charts, and old stereos.
Children could pretend to be astronauts and command their own space ship. They can use the
keyboard and stereo nobs as their space ship controls.
Sand and water: “Moon rocks” children can pretend to be exploring the moon’s surface.
Art: Add star, planet, and sun/moon stickers or stamps.
Manipulative:
1. Have different colored/sized stars, child can sort them by color or size.
2. Constellation threading. Child has a sewing card, child can thread string through the
holes in the card to make a constellation.
3. Build a rocket ship. Child can build a rocket ship out of Lego Duplos.
4. 10-piece space puzzle.
5. Number count down. Child has a rocket with numbers written on it, child pulls out
number cards and matches the number with the one on the rocket.
Science and Nature:
1. Using paper plate planets, child can arrange planets in order from smallest to largest.
2. Mix googly eyes into play dough to make alien playdough. Space I Spy. Have a jar filled
with different objects (stars, marbles for planets, small pebbles, etc.) Child can move the
jar around to find the different objects.
Literacy:
1. Star matching game
2. Child can write each letter of their name on squares of paper, glue the letters in
order on paper, decorate it to look like a rocket.
3. Place pictures of space themed items (rocket ships, planets, moon, stars) next to
magnetic letters. Child can match the picture with the letter it starts with.