**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not affiliated with any official astronomical organisations. For accurate viewing times and scientific information about the Perseid Meteor Shower, please consult reputable sources like NASA (www.nasa.gov) or your local astronomical society.
Thursday 12th - Friday 13th August 2027
Understanding the Annual Perseid Meteor Shower in EYFS & KS1
Get ready to look up! The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower, often considered one of the best meteor showers of the year, takes place every August, typically peaking around August 12th or 13th. It's a breathtaking celestial event where dust and debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet burn up in Earth's atmosphere, creating streaks of light we call "shooting stars."
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this astronomical event offers a truly magical look into the wonders of space, planets, and the night sky. It's about sparking curiosity, encouraging observation, and fostering an early understanding of our amazing universe. This annual spectacle provides fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about astronomy both awe-inspiring and accessible.
Why Is Teaching About Space & Celestial Events Important for Young Children?
Integrating lessons about space, planets, and celestial events like meteor showers into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) is incredibly important for fostering their scientific curiosity, understanding of the natural world, and appreciation for phenomena beyond our immediate environment. During their early years, children are inherently curious about the world around them, including the sky above.
Sparking Curiosity: The vastness of space and the idea of shooting stars ignite imagination and a desire to learn more about how the universe works.
Scientific Observation: Observing the night sky or discussing meteors encourages careful observation and questioning, laying groundwork for scientific inquiry.
Understanding Scale: Introducing planets and stars, even in a simplified way, helps children begin to grasp concepts of scale and distance.
Vocabulary Expansion: Learning terms like "meteor," "comet," "planet," and "galaxy" enriches their vocabulary.
Interdisciplinary Learning: Space themes naturally connect to science, maths (counting stars or planets), art (drawing rockets), and literacy (space stories).
Connection to Nature: Recognizing that meteors are a natural phenomenon helps children connect with the broader natural world and its wonders.
Engaging Space & Meteor Shower Activities for EYFS & KS1 (0-7 Year Olds)
Making the Annual Perseid Meteor Shower a truly stellar event is easy with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on discovery, wonder, and imaginative journeys through space! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by the extensive range of printable resources we have available.
Here's some inspiration for bringing the magic of the meteor shower and beyond into your setting: (Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
"What is a Meteor?" Exploration: Introduce the concept of a meteor or "shooting star" using our 'Space - What is a Meteor? (Free Sample)'. Discuss what they are and why they glow.
Star Gazing (or Pretend Star Gazing): If possible and safe, encourage families to look for shooting stars on the peak night. In the setting, create a "star gazing" area with dark blankets and glow-in-the-dark stars. Our 'Star Colour Mixing Activity' can tie into the idea of different coloured stars.
Space Role-Play Adventures: Set up a 'Space Dramatic Role Play Pack' area! Children can pretend to be astronauts, mission control, or aliens exploring new planets. Use our 'Rocket Mark Making/Writing Sheets' for mission logs, and 'Land the Space Shuttle on Earth Pencil Control Mats' for a fun activity.
Planet & Solar System Exploration: Learn about the planets in our solar system. Use our 'Solar System 4-Piece Puzzles (Free Sample)', 'Solar System 4-Piece Puzzles', 'Solar System 4-Piece Puzzles - Colouring', 'Solar System 2-Piece Puzzles', and 'Solar System 2-Piece Puzzles - Colouring' for hands-on learning. Refer to 'Planet Fact Cards' for interesting information.
Space Counting & Numeracy: Integrate maths by counting stars, rockets, or planets. Our 'I Spy Count & Choose - Space', 'I Spy Count & Write - Space', 'Rocket Numbers 0-50', 'Planet Earth Counting Puzzles (1-10)', and 'Space Number Multimats - Playdough, Whiteboard & Pen or Loose Parts' are versatile resources. Don't forget our 'Space - Dice Games'. For puzzles, use 'Space' Number Slice Puzzle Activities' and 'Space' Number Slice Puzzle Activities - Colouring'.
Space-Themed Art & Craft: Provide materials for children to draw, paint, or collage rockets, planets, or aliens. Use our 'Planet Colouring Sheets (Free Sample)', 'Draw an Alien', or 'Design a Planet'. Our 'Space A4 Border Sheets (Horizontal)' and 'Space A4 Border Sheets (Vertical)' can frame their creations.
Space Words & Sounds: Introduce vocabulary about space using our 'Space Item Word Cards' and 'Planet Words'. For phonics, use 'Astronaut Letters and Sounds Game - Phase 2 & 3 Phonics' and 'Rocket Phase 2 Words'.
"What is...?" Posters: Use our 'Space - 'What is...' Posters' and 'Space - 'What is a Star?' Posters' to discuss various space concepts simply.
My Space Adventure Booklet: Encourage children to document their imaginative space journeys or learning with our 'My Space Adventure - Booklet'.
Display Lettering: Enhance your space-themed displays with our 'Display Lettering - Space - Lower Case Alphabet', 'Display Lettering - Space - Upper Case Alphabet', and 'Display Lettering - Space - Numbers'.
Planning Support: Don't forget to check out our 'Planning - Topic Plan Ideas - Space' for broader context and more ideas.
These activities offer great inspiration for making the Annual Perseid Meteor Shower a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering a sense of wonder for the cosmos and a love for learning.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘Annual Perseid Meteor Shower’
Space themed I Spy Count and Choose sheets. Ideally used as posters or mats.
You may like to laminate these sheets and use them as an interactive display or place them on table tops with pegs, counters or whiteboard pens as an activity.
Children to independently count the requested item (top right of sheet) and then clip a clothes peg on the bottom of the sheet over the correct number.
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Set of 12 Solar System puzzles each with 4 parts.
Ideal for young children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills.
Also perfect for learning about our solar system! (Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres and the Sun.)
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Poster/discussion prompt explaining what Meteors are.
Part of ‘Annual Perseid Meteor Shower’ resources set here.
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Pack of ‘Planets’ colouring pages. The last two sheets show the sizes of the planets to scale in relation to the earth!
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Numbers 0 - 50 on a colourful rocket drawing. Print one or two rockets to a page for use as part of a display/large number line or more for a set of flashcards.
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Pack of 8 engaging posters which explain what various space items are using bold images.
Posters include: sun, planet, meteor, comet, moon, space station, asteroid & astronaut.
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Engaging poster which explains what a star is. Colouring poster also included.
Ideal for Science/Space area, but also alongside the nursery rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ (How I wonder what you are.)
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Set of 12 Solar System puzzles each with 4 parts.
Ideal for young children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills.
Also perfect for learning about our solar system! (Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres and the Sun.)
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Set of 12 Solar System colouring puzzles each with 4 parts.
Ideal for young children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills.
Also perfect for learning about our solar system! (Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres and the Sun.)
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Space themed I Spy Count and Choose sheets. Ideally used as posters or mats.
You may like to laminate these sheets and use them as an interactive display or place them on table tops with pegs, counters or whiteboard pens as an activity.
Children to independently count the requested item (top right of sheet) and then clip a clothes peg on the bottom of the sheet over the correct number.
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Space themed I Spy Count and Write sheets. Could be used as posters, mats or individual sheets.
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Space Multimats - These multimats can be coloured or used in conjunction with art and craft cut and stick materials. If laminated they may be used for playdough or loose parts design work.
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Set of 11 Solar System puzzles each with 2 parts.
Ideal for our youngest children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills.
Also perfect for learning about our solar system! (Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Sun.)
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Set of 11 Solar System colouring puzzles each with 2 parts.
Ideal for our youngest children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills.
Also perfect for learning about our solar system! (Includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Sun.)
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This booklet is intended as an extension to space themed role-play.
Either before or after space themed play children may enjoy mark making/drawing/writing about their experiences. Perhaps they may explore a really cold planet and draw what they think it looks like. What things might they really need on their trip to this planet? Perhaps they could experiment with some emergent writing to create a list of these things or labels?
At the top of each inner page there is a box for you or the children to write the day number. This will aid in the development of number recognition, formation and ordering.
The porthole images to the top right of the pages may simply be interpreted as decoration, however they could also be used as inspiration as to what you may be exploring that day!
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‘Space’ themed Number Slice Puzzle Activities. Puzzles available for 1-5 or 1-10 sequencing.
Cut along the vertical lines and laminate for multiple uses or allow your children to cut and stick as an individual activity to take home.
Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control.
Also perfect for learning about space! (Includes 1-5 & 1-10 puzzles for Earth, Jupiter, Space Shuttle, Saturn and Mars. 10 pages in total.)
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‘Space’ themed Number Slice Puzzle Activities. Puzzles available for 1-5 or 1-10 sequencing.
Create your own puzzles by first colouring in the pictures and then cutting along the vertical lines. You can then laminate for multiple uses or allow your children to stick them in the right order onto another sheet to take home.
Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control.
Also perfect for learning about space! (Includes 1-5 & 1-10 puzzles for Earth, Jupiter, Space Shuttle, Saturn and Mars. 10 pages in total.)
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Pencil control mats ideal for individual or multiple uses. Can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens.
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1-10 Planet Earth themed number recognition counting puzzles. Match the number to the correct quantity of stars. Practise counting objects which cannot be moved. Use as a table or floor activity or part of an interactive display board. Left uncut, can be used as flashcards, for number ordering games or tuff spot counting loose part activities!
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Help your astronaut to get back to the spaceship with this fun and engaging Letters and Sounds game.
Two different boards to choose from - one for Phase 2 Sounds and another for Phase 3 Sounds. Dice required.
Children choose an astronaut to place at the start, roll the dice and move the appropriate number of sound squares towards the spaceship. When they land on a sound square they can practise saying the sound. Have fun!
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Colour mixing experiment sheets with a star theme.
For example, paint the first star yellow and the second red. Then mix the two colours together and paint the bottom star in the resulting orange colour.
You may want to repeat this for a few different mixtures and make a ‘Colour Mixing’ display. Equally, the resulting stars could be cut out and used for further art work.
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These A4 size mats can be laminated for use as playdough mats, or for number writing practice with a whiteboard pen. Alternatively, they can be part of a loose parts activity.
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Enjoy consolidating number recognition with your children when you play this fun Space themed dice game! Easy to play and instructions included on the front page.
Extension game boards included for learning about '1 more' and '1 less'. Why not use these in conjunction with one of our number line displays to visually represent 1 more and 1 less by moving left and right along the line displayed on your wall? Or use our Space themed 100 square.
In addition, if you would like to incorporate shape recognition into the game...6 sets of different 2D shapes are included for you to use as counters.
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A selection of mark marking, drawing and writing sheets with space themed borders. Sheets could be placed in a role play area to inspire mark making and emergent writing, e.g. about planets they have visited during play, perhaps a list or drawings of the planets (made up or real)?.. Or about a mission they came up with during play such as to find out what was on the planet they landed on?
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A selection of mark marking, drawing and writing sheets with space themed borders. Sheets could be placed in a role play area to inspire mark making and emergent writing, e.g. about planets they have visited during play, perhaps a list or drawings of the planets (made up or real)?.. Or about a mission they came up with during play such as to find out what was on the planet they landed on?
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Interesting and eye catching Space items word cards pack to use in conjunction with our Planet word cards pack. Blank cards within the set to make your own or challenge the children to! Why not use with our Space themed role play?
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Interesting and eye catching Planet word cards pack to use in conjunction with our Space Items word cards pack. Blank cards within the set to make your own or challenge the children to! Why not use with our Space themed role play?
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Ideal as part of 'Space' role-play. This ‘Draw an Alien’ sheet can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens for children to use over and over again to design aliens they are meeting during role-play. Alternatively you could print out individual copies for the children to draw their own aliens to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own planets!
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Ideal as part of 'Space' role-play. This Design a Planet sheet can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens for children to use over and over again to design planets they are visiting during role-play. Alternatively you could print out individual copies for the children to draw their own planets to take home. Your children ma also enjoy drawing an alien!
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Fun and interesting facts about the solar system planets to engage your children and to support role-play. Children can use these facts to help them develop story lines in their play, e.g. What should we pack to keep us warm on an extremely cold planet like Neptune?...A special thermal space suit? Use as part of 'Space' themed role play areas and displays. Additional blank fact cards included in the pack for children to create their own.
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Writing and drawing/mark making sheets in a rocket outline to prompt independent and emergent writing.
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Phase 2 words on a colourful rocket drawing. Print one or two rockets to a page for use as part of a display or more for a set of flashcards.
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Numbers 0 - 50 on a colourful rocket drawing. Print one or two rockets to a page for use as part of a display/large number line or more for a set of flashcards.
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This pack includes the lower-case letters of the alphabet with the last few pages including some common punctuation.
This pack is organised with one letter per page so that you can print only what you need.
When you print this PDF you should have the option to print more than one letter to a page which would allow you to make the letters smaller if desired.
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p28-33: Punctuation
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This pack includes the upper-case letters of the alphabet with the last few pages including some common punctuation.
This pack is organised with one letter per page so that you can print only what you need.
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p2-27: UPPER CASE letters
p28-33: Punctuation
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This pack includes the numbers 0-9 with the last few pages including some mathematical symbols.
This pack is organised with one number per page so that you can print only what you need.
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p2-11: Numbers
p12-13: Symbols
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This pack contains some activity ideas for the Space topic as well as some blank forms for you to note down your own ideas.
Staring at a blank page when planning can be difficult so we hope that even if you don’t end up using our exact suggestions, they will be a spark of inspiration for your own great ideas when planning for your children.
(For additional ‘Space’ themed resources visit our ‘SPACE’ PAGE.)
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Additional Pages you may like to explore which cover relevant &/or Connected themes
CLICK HERE to visit the ‘BEACH SCHOOL’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Beach’ teaching and learning resources include: scavenger hunts/checklists, mindfulness activity cards, cockle shell age poster, senses booklets and prompts, colouring pages, drawing/writing/mark making sheets, shell multimats, playdough/ loose part mats, art and craft activities, templates, pattern cards, natural loose part art prompts/posters, shapes, pre-writing, rockpool fact cards, symmetry, activity/movement challenges, display lettering, sand play and more!
CLICK HERE to visit ‘LIFE CYCLES’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Life Cycle’ teaching and learning resources include: cyclic puzzles, frog, chicken, caterpillar/butterfly, ant/bean life cycle display packs, posters, cut and stick activities, banners, cards, playdough mats and more!
CLICK HERE to visit ‘ON THE FARM’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Farm’ related teaching and learning resources include: word mats/cards, banners, farm animals and the young/babies counting, puzzles, I spy activities, follow the lines pencil control, animal body part posters, multimats, playdough mats, loose part activities, art and craft, fine motor control, phase 1, 2 and 3 letters and sounds, animal colouring, number slice puzzles, pictogram, size ordering, matching and memory games, fact cards, picture snap, farm trip pack and more!
More Early Years Event Pages for August
Thursday 26th August 2027: Woof woof! International Dog Day, celebrated annually on August 26th, is a heartwarming global day dedicated to celebrating dogs of all breeds, pure and mixed. It aims to raise awareness about…
Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th August 2027 (TBC): Swoop into action! International Bat Night is an annual event that takes place at the end of August across more than 30 countries to raise awareness about bats and their conservation…
Thursday 19th August 2027: Swing into action! International Orangutan Day, observed annually on August 19th, is a crucial global day dedicated to raising awareness about the critical threat facing orangutans and the…
Thursday 12th August 2027: World Elephant Day, celebrated annually on August 12th, is a significant global event dedicated to raising awareness about the urgent plight of elephants worldwide. It was launched in 2012 by the…
Thursday 12th - Friday 13th August 2027: Get ready to look up! The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower, often considered one of the best meteor showers of the year, takes place every August, typically peaking around August 12th or…
Tuesday 10th August 2027: Roar! World Lion Day, celebrated annually on August 10th, is a powerful global initiative dedicated to celebrating the majestic lion and highlighting the urgent need for its conservation. It…
Sunday 8th August 2027: Meow! International Cat Day, celebrated annually on August 8th, is a purr-fect opportunity to celebrate our feline friends and learn all about them! It's a day dedicated to raising awareness about…
Wednesday 4th August 2027: International Owl Awareness Day, observed annually on August 4th, is a captivating opportunity to introduce young children to the fascinating world of owls! It's a day dedicated to highlighting…
August 2027: Ahoy, mateys! International Pirate Month, celebrated throughout August, is a fantastic, swashbuckling opportunity to inject adventure, imaginative play, and a whole heap of learning into…
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This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to the 'Annual Perseid Meteor Shower'. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any official astronomical organisations. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with this event. For accurate viewing times and scientific information about the Perseid Meteor Shower, please consult reputable sources like NASA at www.nasa.gov or your local astronomical society.
Monday 30th August 2027: Splish, splash! National Beach Day, observed annually on August 30th, is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our beautiful coastlines, sandy shores, and the vibrant life found in and…