Space {Expanded}

Here’s our new and expanded “Space” unit!!  We’ve added a few new printables which you can download.

All our printables are in one easy download. Just click the image above to download a single zip file of all the printables. (Can’t unzip it. Try Hamster Free Zip Archiver approved by Amber’s husband. Remember to download carefully.)

You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site! Last year’s printables are also included in this download.   

Here are some of the printables that MAY BE included in this unit: 

Patterns (ABAB and AABB)

Planets Graph

Letter Sort

Writing Maze

Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice

Size Sort

Number Order Puzzle (1-10 and 11-20)

Spelling Book and Puzzle

Count & Clip 

Tot Pack

Looking for some ideas for a younger tot?  Check out our Space Tot Pack. (Tot Packs inspired by 1+1+1=1.) Here are the printables included in this pack: 

• Planet Match
• Sun Shapes 
• Count the Stars
• Rocket Colors (mini book)
• Size Sequencing
• Astronaut Picture Puzzle

 

Looking for more ideas?

• Devotional & Memory Verse Helps
• Center Ideas
• Family Night- Space
• Craft Coffee Filter Earth
• Book Recommendations
• Last Year's Post

There are also more  ideas, units, printables and crafts available on our Pinterest Board!

We hope you enjoy these printables and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided. 

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not to the file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

 

 

Tots in Action- Space

Here are some pictures of this unit in action! We hope they help you as you plan your week ahead!

Space!

This unit has been expanded. So, make sure and get all the printables here.

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Here is what we’ve been doing this week. Let us know what you think.  We hope by providing these materials to you free of charge, it will make your life easier! 

Lesson Plan: The lesson plan includes all the lessons for the week, as well as optional ideas. Items following the lesson plan are just the printables or links to websites we used to teach these plans.  (Please note: On top of our lesson plan we are reading books daily that relate to our theme.)

 

Memory Verse: This memory card is for daily use during our calendar time.  You can learn more about calendar time at 1+1+1=1 or Homeschool Creations.  Our weekly devotional is an object lesson that will help your child apply the meaning of the verse to them.

Day 1: Stars
Big Dipper Dot to Dot- This activity will combine letter recognition and beginning writing.  We found it here on Making Learning Fun.

Shape Constellations- This activity will help your child with shapes and recognition.

Space Pretend Play- Enjoy pretending with your kiddo that your an astronaut on his way to the moon, or that your just blasting through space!

Day 2: Moon 
Moon Magnet Page – This activity will reinforce letter recognition.  You can also find this at Making Learning Fun.

Moon Clip Cards- This activity will work on your child’s beginning counting skills, and their number recognition.  The clothespin clipping also works on fine motor skills. 

Moon Sequence Cards-Have fun learning about the phases of the moon with these sequence cards.  It will teach your kiddos about why the moon gets bigger and smaller during the month, and will introduce natural science concepts. 

Day 3: Planets
Planet Spelling Puzzle- This puzzle introduces spelling concepts and will help your child focus on letters and their sounds.

Planet Size Sorting- This activity will help your child pay attention to an objects size and sort them according to those characteristics. (FYI: We’ve included Pluto in our printables since there is still a debate to whether or not it should be considered a dwarf, according to my brother who is an astrophysicist. We figured you can make the choice for your family.)

Solar System Craft- A fun activity to help your child better visualize the solar system, and planetary order.  Plus they get to use glue, and that always sells a lesson for E!

Planet Shadow Match- Will help your child work on shape recognition and matching.

We hope you enjoy these lesson plans and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided.

 

Special thanks to Just So Scrappy for some of the graphics.

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not the 4shared file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

Craft- Coffee Filter Earth

For our craft this week, I decided to focus on the planet Earth.  As I was looking for inspiration I came across a wide variety of crafts to choose from.  So, if you don’t want to do this one I’m sure you can find one out there more your style.  This particular activity was all over the web (not sure of the original creator) and done in several ways.  Below is the way that worked best for my kiddo.

Materials: coffee filter blue and green washable markers  bowl of & water dropper OR spray bottle black permanent marker paper towels

 

Directions:

• After printing off a image of the Earth, I traced the North and South America onto the coffee filter using a permanent marker. (The permanent ink doesn’t spread once water is put on it.) 
• Put paper towels down in front of your kiddo and place the coffee filter on top.  (The towels help absorb the excess water later.)
• Have your child color in the continents and water areas with the washable markers.  My son prefers coloring with someone, so we color it in together. It doesn’t need to be completely colored in, but the more color the more vibrant your Earth will be.

• Once you’ve added all the color you want, put some water on it and watch the colors spread.

• Finally let it air dry. We put ours over the air vent to dry more quickly.

Shine like Stars

The verse you will be working with your child on this week is Philippians 2:15 .

 “Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. ”

Materials:

• A flashlight
• A couple of sheets of tissue with some bad behaviors your child frequently displays written on them with marker (like Pouting, Fighting, Back-Talking, Not Sharing, etc.  Something tells me most mommies can come up with a pretty good list!)

Directions:

• Say the verse above with your tot.  We suggest that you print the verse off and use it every morning with your calendar time.  If you don’t do calendar time still say the verse each morning with your tot before you begin tot school.
• Take out the flashlight and turn it on. 
• Go over the devotion with your child, and follow the prompt to cover the flashlight with the pieces of tissue
• As you instruct your child on the Godly behaviors, take off pieces of tissue. 

Talk with your child about the following:
This week we are learning all about Space!  We can’t really see space can we?  Not from down here on Earth, but we can see some of the things in space, like the sun, and the moon, and the stars.  Have you ever looked up at the stars in the sky?  They shine and twinkle, don’t they.  Sometimes, on very dark nights, they can be really bright.  Did you know that our verse today tells us that we can shine like stars? 

Now, we don’t glow in the dark, do we?  No, that would be silly.  Jesus did tell us though that we are a light in a dark world.  Jesus said that people will see the kind and good things we do and know that we worship God because we do them.  Its kind of like each person has their own little flashlight like this one.  When we trust in God our light turns on like this, and everyone can see that Jesus is in our heart.  Sometimes though we can make it hard for people to see the light in us.  I have some pieces of tissue here and they have some not so nice things we can sometimes do to each other.  These are things that God would really rather us not do.  Like, what if we don’t share our toys?  That can cover the light we shine a little.  Or what if we talk back to mommy and daddy? (Cover light with a tissue for each example; you should try to have a couple)  Or we fight with other kids at church, and tell lies about the things we do we know we shouldn’t do?   Look at our light now, once its covered with all of the things we do that God doesn’t want us to!  Its harder to see, isn’t it?  It doesn’t shine as much as a star, does it.  But you know what, God doesn’t give up on us.  He just keeps asking that we do things He loves.  Like maybe instead of fighting we could let someone else have their way, (Remove a tissue and continue for each behavioral correction), or we could listen and do like mommy and daddy ask.  We could share our toys, and give to those in need, and be kind to others.  Look at what happens to our light when we do those things!  It shines bright again, doesn’t it?!  Lets pray and ask God to help us do good things, so that we can shine like stars for Him! 

Dear God, we know that you made us to be something special for you.  We know that others will see what we do, and that you will be glorified.  Help us to shine like the stars in Heaven, and to do things that would bring glory and honor to your name in which we now pray, Amen. 

Questions to ask:

• You may want to review last weeks questions with your tot
• Who made all the stars in the sky?  God!
• How are we like stars? We shine God’s light! 
• There is a Mommy Devotional that you might like that is also on this topic. 

Family Night-Space!

Ok, so this week really has me stoked.  I LOVE being able to teach E about Space, and its a theme that I thought we could really get into. 

I looked on the internet for some east Space themed snack ideas.  I found this one from Muffin Tin Mom…and then I tweaked it.  We made cheese stars, space food (which was popcorn), chocolate meteors,  and Earth Cookies (Which were better in concept and ended up blue cookies without green icing…but that’s a tale for another day!)

 

E thoroughly enjoyed licking the icing off of the cookies.

We had green milk with our snack, which I called “alien juice”.  E seemed to like that.  Its just regular milk with 3 drops of green food coloring…

We settled in to watch a movie as a family.  We watched the first little bit of Planet 51 before E completely lost interest.  It was over her head, and it has a PG rating.  We switched to Math Adventure to the Moon from Leap Frog, and that was perfect fit. 

Here are some movies for your movie night.  We encourage you to preview any movie before watching with your family and decide what’s best for you. 

Hope you have a great night!

Space Books

This week we are learning all about space. We will be focusing each day on one of the following: stars, planets, and the moon.

Unfortunately, my local library didn’t have a lot of choices when it came to space books for tots and preschoolers. So, I’ve complied some books I’ve found through Amazon. I can’t guarantee these books will be great, but at least it will give you an idea of what to look for at your local library. Hopefully, you’ll have a better selection than we did. {fingers crossed}

If you can offer any feedback about the books above or if you have any book suggestions that aren’t listed, please leave a comment below. I know others, including myself would appreciate it. Thanks.