Space AdventurePremium Worksheets For KidsFor 4-8 year olds

Illustrations: Dikhit BorahContent: Mirnalini & Sumitra

IndexActivity Name Skills Acquired

In Space Or Not Logical Reasoning, Sorting, Fine Motor

Under The Night Sky Creativity, Sensory, Imagination

Rocket Maze Logical Reasoning, Attention, Visual Tracking

The Solar System Sensory, Creativity, Knowledge

Odd One Out Logical Reasoning, Identification, Communication

Space Match Vocabulary, Observation, Association

My Astronaut Mask Cognitive, Creativity, Play

Phases of Moon Fine Motor, Knowledge, Creativity

Lost In Space Vocabulary, Visual Tracking, Cognitive

Patterns of Stars Numeracy, Visual Tracking, Knowledge

In Space Not In Space

How this activity helps?Your child identifies and sorts elements that belong to space — Earth, star, comet, rocket.

Encourage the child to describe each element of space.

In Space Or NotIn Space Or NotNot all elements belong to the space. Can you sort them based on whether they belong in space or not.

Help your child cut, sort, and the stick the elements under 'In Space' Or 'Not In Space.' Name each element.

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How this activity helps?How this activity helps?In this sensorial activity, your child comes up with a colour composition and colours the night sky.

Let your child imagine stargazing and then describe what the night sky would look like.

Under The Night SkyUnder The Night SkyImagine what the night sky would look like as you stargaze.

Help your child colour the night sky scenery by hand-printing — dab different colours in hands and make handprints. Once done, ask your child to make handprints. Once done, ask your child to describe the image.

How this activity helps?Your child uses logic to solve the maze puzzle.

Encourage your child to narrate a story about the maze in the rocket.

Rocket MazeRocket MazeImagine you are inside a rocket maze. Can you find the way out?

Help your child find the way out of the maze. Then, discuss about what a rocket is.

How this activity helps?Your child paints using fingers and learns to identify different planets. Eg: Pluto is a dwarf planet.

Ask your child to describe each planet. Then, choose a planet and imagine travelling to it.

The Solar SystemThe Solar SystemGet ready to explore the solar system. But, the colours for the planets are missing.for the planets are missing.

Help your child colour each planet by finger-painting — dab paints in fingers and colour. Once dry, cut out and stick it on a chart. Add more details to the space. Then, identify the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

How this activity helps?Your child sorts and identifies the odd one out and explains why. This improves logic & communication.

Odd One OutOdd One OutThere are a lot of elements from space. However, there is something odd.

Help your child spot & circle the odd one out in each instant. Then, explain why that particular object is an odd one out.

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How this activity helps?Your child identifies different elements of space by their names.

Ask your child to build a story by incorporating the different elements of space mentioned in the activity.

Space MatchSpace MatchThe objects related to space are on one side and their terms on the other. But, they are all mixed up!

Help your child match the objects of space with the right terms. An example has been done for you.

How this activity helps?Your child creates a colourful astronaut face mask from scratch and then pretend plays.

Encourage your child to travel to a planet and pretend to be an astronaut. What does the planet have?

My Astronaut MaskMy Astronaut MaskAre you ready to travel to space? Well, you can pretend to be an astronaut.

Help your child colour the astronaut face mask in any manner — using crayons, paints, or colour pencils. Then, cut along the dotted lines and punch holes on either side. Remember to string some yarn to turn it into a face mask! Ta-da, it's pretend play time.

How this activity helps?Your child sorts the different phases of the Moon and learns about them.To your child, explain how the Moon goes around the Earth and how the

moon phases are what we see from the Earth.

Phases of MoonPhases of MoonCrescent moon, full moon, new moon, and all. Get ready to how the Moon waxes into a full moon and wanes to become a new moon.

Help your child cut and paste the different phases of the Moon on a coloured paper. Then, learn the names of each phase — new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.

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Waxing gibbous

Full moon

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Answers: astronaut, comet, star, sun, space shuttle, telescope, asteroids, pluto

How this activity helps? Your child spots the words in the maze, which enhances the observation.

Help your child describe each word on spotting it in the maze.

Lost In SpaceLost In SpaceWords relating to space are hidden in the maze below.

Help your child find the space-related words. They could be in vertical or horizontal.

Patterns of Stars Patterns of StarsA set of stars is called constellation. There are many such below.

Help your child join the dots to form the constellations and learn the name of each constellation.

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Ursa minor

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Virgo

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How this activity helps?Your child joins the dots and learns the names of constellations.

How about coming up with different star patterns in the night sky? Your child and you could look at the night sky and create patterns in air.