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Space theme for 3 and 4 year olds: a week of activities

A space theme lesson plan for 3 and 4 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (ten to fifteen minutes, with a child holding the book), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 3 and 4 year oldsThe whole space week

A day of the space theme with 3 and 4 year olds

  1. Arrival, sign-in, and a job from the helper chart.
  2. Circle (ten to fifteen minutes): calendar, “What do you see in the sky at night?”, sing “twinkle, twinkle, little star”, then Not Yet, Ted.
  3. Centers, with the craft at one table: star sky.
  4. Letter S: trace it once, then hunt for S around the room.
  5. Snack: Frozen Yogurt Bark, with children pouring and counting.
  6. Outside: rocket launch.
  7. Rest, then a longer read-aloud: The Sun Is a Star.

Space circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What do you see in the sky at night?”
  4. Sing: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
  5. Read: Not Yet, Ted (level 3).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Space theme books

  • Not Yet, Ted (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Bedtime and the night sky.
  • The Sun Is a Star (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: the true story that the sun is a star.
  • The Moon Follows Me (read aloud, level 6): A read-aloud: a moon that seems to follow you home.

Space craft: Star sky

You need (3): dark blue or black paper, star stickers, white crayon.

  1. Stick stars all over the paper.
  2. Draw a moon with the white crayon.
  3. Count the stars in your sky.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Space song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

The words

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!

Jane Taylor (words), French folk tune; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Space snack

Frozen Yogurt Bark from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Yogurt → oat yogurt.

Letter S activities

SsS is for star. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace S and s once, then find S in the room and in the book.

Outside activity: Rocket launch

Crouch low, count down from five together and blast off with a big jump.

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Checked 2026-10-30