**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with World Space Week. World Space Week is coordinated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) with the support of the World Space Week Association (WSWA). For official information and to learn more about global space activities, please visit the World Space Week website (www.worldspaceweek.org).
Sunday 4th - Saturday 10th October 2026
Understanding World Space Week in EYFS & KS1
To infinity and beyond! 🚀 World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology's contribution to the betterment of the human condition. It takes place annually from October 4th to 10th. This global event is coordinated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the World Space Week Association. It commemorates two key dates: the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4th, 1957, and the signing of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on October 10th, 1967. Each year, World Space Week focuses on a specific theme, highlighting a particular aspect of space exploration.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this week provides an incredibly exciting and inspiring theme for exploring science, discovery, our solar system, and the wonders of the universe. It's about sparking curiosity about the cosmos, introducing foundational concepts about planets and stars, and encouraging imaginative journeys beyond Earth. This week offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about astronomy and scientific exploration both captivating and educational.
Why Is Teaching About Space Important for Young Children?
Integrating lessons about space into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) fires up their scientific curiosity, cognitive development, and understanding of the vast world (and universe!) around them. Space exploration captures the imagination and can be a powerful gateway to learning across many subjects.
Scientific Curiosity: Learning about space sparks natural questions ("What are stars made of?", "What's on other planets?"), encouraging inquiry and a love for science.
Scale and Perspective: While complex, introducing the solar system helps children begin to grasp concepts of size, distance, and our place in the universe.
Vocabulary Expansion: Space topics introduce a rich array of new words (planet, astronaut, rocket, constellation).
Imagination and Creativity: Space provides endless possibilities for imaginative play, storytelling, and artistic expression.
Problem-Solving: Discussing challenges of space travel or how things work in space can introduce simple problem-solving scenarios.
Numeracy and Literacy: Space themes can be easily integrated into counting, shape recognition, letter sounds, and early writing.
Engaging Space-Themed Activities for World Space Week (0-7 Year Olds)
Make World Space Week a truly out-of-this-world experience with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on discovery, exploration, and imagining the unknown! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by the extensive range of printable resources we have available, particularly those on our dedicated Space planning page.
Here's some inspiration for launching into space adventures in 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.)
Solar System Exploration: Introduce the planets using our ‘Planet fact cards’. Build the solar system with our various Solar System puzzles. Discuss what each planet is like and their order from the sun.
Astronaut Role-Play: Set up a "Space Station" or "Rocket Ship" dramatic play area using our ‘Space dramatic role play pack’. Children can dress as astronauts, count down to launch, and go on imaginary space missions.
What is it? Posters: Explore scientific concepts with our Space - 'What is a star?' and ‘What is a meteor?’ posters.
Counting and Number Recognition: Integrate maths with space themes. Numbers on planets, playdough meteors, rocket countdowns, there are lots of opportunities for number in a Space topic. We have a variety of number games, puzzles and challenges to help!
Literacy and Phonics: Engage with letters and sounds using space themes. Our ‘Astronaut letters and sounds game - phase 2 & 3 phonics’ and ‘Rocket phase 2 words’ are great for this. Encourage writing with ‘Rocket mark making/writing sheets and my space adventure - booklet’.
Creative Art & Design:
Planet Art: Provide materials for children to ‘Design a planet’ or colour planets using ‘Planet colouring sheets (free sample)’.
Alien Drawings: Encourage imaginative creatures with ‘Draw an alien’.
Star Colour Mixing: Explore colours with ‘Star colour mixing activity’.
Pencil Control & Fine Motor Skills: Use ‘Land the space shuttle on earth pencil control mats’ to develop fine motor control.
Vocabulary Building: Introduce and display space-related words using ‘Space item word cards’ and ‘Planet words’.
Display: Create an inspiring space-themed display using Space border sheets and our specialized Space display lettering.
Planning Support: For comprehensive planning, use Planning - topic plan ideas - Space.
These activities offer great inspiration for making World Space Week a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering scientific curiosity, imagination, and an understanding of our incredible universe.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘World Space Week’
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.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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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.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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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.
p2-27: LOWER CASE letters
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.
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.
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.
When you print this PDF you should have the option to print more than one number to a page which would allow you to make the numbers smaller if desired.
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 October
Wednesday 21st October 2026: An apple a day! 🍏🍎 Apple Day is an annual celebration of apples and orchards, primarily observed across the UK, typically on October 21st. Initiated by the charity Common Ground in…
Wednesday 21st October 2026: Scales, slither, and hiss! 🐍🦎🐢 Reptile Awareness Day is an unofficial awareness day, often observed on October 21st. It's dedicated to promoting understanding, appreciation, and…
Saturday 17th October 2026: Let's sing together! 🎤 World Singing Day is a global, non-political, non-religious, non-commercial, annual sing-along that takes place on the third Saturday in October (which in 2025…
Friday 16th October 2026: Let's celebrate our food! 🍎🥕🍞 World Food Day is an international day celebrated annually worldwide on October 16th. It commemorates the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture…
Thursday 15th October 2026: Wash, wash, wash your hands! 💧 Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day celebrated on October 15th. It's dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the…
Saturday 10th October 2026: Let's look after our minds! 🧠 World Mental Health Day is an international day dedicated to global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma. It's observed…
Tuesday 6th October 2026: Meet the badger! 🦡 National Badger Day is an annual awareness day in the UK, celebrated on October 6th. This day aims to raise awareness about badgers, their unique behaviours, their…
Monday 5th October 2026: Hooray for our teachers! 🍎 World Teachers’ Day is a significant international day observed annually on October 5th. Established by UNESCO in 1994, in partnership with the International…
Sunday 4th - Saturday 10th October 2026: To infinity and beyond! 🚀 World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology's contribution to the betterment of the human condition. It takes place annually from…
Sunday 4th October 2026: Let's celebrate all creatures great and small! 🐾 World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare, celebrated annually on October 4th. It began in 1931 at an…
Friday 2nd October 2026: Share a smile! 😊 World Smile Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday in October. This special day was created by Harvey Ball, the artist who…
Thursday 1st October 2026: Let's make some rhymes! National Poetry Day is a much-loved annual celebration of poetry and all things verse in the UK. Organised by the Forward Arts Foundation, it takes place on the first…
Thursday 1st - Saturday 31st October 2026: Let's get drawing! 🎨 The Big Draw Festival is the world's biggest drawing festival and takes place annually throughout October. Run by The Big Draw, a registered charity, its aim is to…
October 2026: Celebrating stories, celebrating people! Black History Month is an annual observance in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands every October. It's a dedicated time to celebrate the history…
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Sunday 25th October 2026: Let the music soar! 🎶🎭 World Opera Day is an annual worldwide celebration of opera, observed on October 25th. It was jointly established by Opera Europa, Opera America, and Ópera…