Space Dramatic Play Printables

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Blast off into hours of learning fun with this set of free space dramatic play printables.

Benefits of Pretend Play

Why should you encourage pretend play for your preschool and kindergarten students? Because it is brain-building!

Pretend play is beneficial for your student because it promotes:

creativity and imagination
fine motor skills
gross motor skills
social development
language and communication skills
problem-solving abilities
teamwork and cooperative play

Space Pretend Play Signs

You can use the signs provided in the space station printables to turn a corner of your classroom into a space station.

Welcome Sign
Research Lab Sign
Danger! Sign
Caution! Sign

Space Shuttle Command Center

Your students will love flying to space in a pretend shuttle! Print the four pages and piece them together. Encourage your students to color them and then glue them to a cardboard box. If desired, add real switches and buttons to the cardboard box.

Planet and Space Vocabulary Cards

This set includes a variety of vocabulary cards to use in your space station dramatic play area.

Solar System Cards (includes a card for each planet in our solar system as well as the sun and moon)
Vocabulary Cards (includes moon rover, weather satellite, antenna, telescope, spaceship, spacesuit, rocket, and more!)

Additional Space Dramatic Play Printables

You’ll also find these printables in the space dramatic play set:

Space Mission Boarding Passes
Space Food Cards
Space Career Badges (includes scientist and astronaut)
Launch Checklist

Space Station Center Activities

This set of printables includes a few activities you can use at centers for your students.

Moon Rock Observation Lab

Create a table with a scale, ruler, and some “moon” rocks. Hang the poster above the table, and give students the Moon Rock Observation pages to complete.

Build a Rocket Activity

Print the pages on cardstock and encourage your students to color, cut, and paste to make rockets.

Solar System Coloring Page

You can hang the full color poster on the wall and give the students crayons and the coloring pages to complete as you introduce them to the planets in our solar system.

You could also craft telescopes.

Space Dramatic Play Props to Add to Your Space Station

Adding a few props to your space station will encourage even more imaginative play!

Clipboards
Moon Rocks
Ziploc Bags (to add space food cards)
Ruler, Scale, and Magnifying Glass for the Moon Rock Observation Lab
Computer Keyboards (to add to the Shuttle Command Center)

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