SEN Teacher: Space Resources

Space and Planets Free Printable Resources

Space and Planets Theme Resources – Perfect for “World Space Week”. As with most of my resources a lot of these are designed to be laminated and with liberal use of velcro turned into repeatable folder tasks. My class all have a diagnosis of autism and communication difficulties. Half are PECS users. Some really enjoy worksheets (!!)  particularly maths based. I hope you find this page of free space topic worksheets useful. They can probably be adapted for early years or KS1.

The SENresourcesblog has loads of links to more Space themed activities and books.  You may also like our Space Themed Sensory Story – You Might be an Alien.

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SEND /EYFS Worksheets and Activities

One more addition space-themed maths worksheets

These very simple sheets purely ask the learner to add 1 more of a given item (moon, rocket, alien, astronaut) to the sheet. Space Maths_Add 1 More worksheet

That’s Not My Astronaut Book Maker

As a fan of the Usborne “That’s not my….” children’s books I thought we could make “That’s not my Astronaut” as a sensory story book. You can use the word bank below to help with your adjectives and nouns. You need a pile of multi-textured material and the book outline pdf: That’s not my astronaut

Stars Numeracy Worksheet

Stick the required number of stars into the sky. 1 sheet has been left blank so you can write your own number in. Download the free Stick stars in the sky SEN worksheet

A very Stick the moon in the sky SEN worksheet – Stick the moon in the sky. Super simple a great TEACCH task.

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Positional Language Worksheets

Download the free numeracy Space Positional Language Worksheets These are astronauts in relation to the moon. There are two versions one where the child can write of stick the correct position and one with space to write underneath.

 

The next set is the astronaut in relation to the earth. My apologies for the “on” image I was a bit stuck for ideas. Space Positional Language Worksheets earth version.

Planet Top Trump Style Printable Cards

Print the image below for some free and easy Top Trump style Planet stats/Fact cards. A quick game to learn about the planet.

Planet Matching Cards

Here is a resource you can print and edit to make matching or planet identification cards. To make it more fun hide the symbols in black rice or beans.

Planet Matching Cards.

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Space Counting Worksheet

This next printable resource is a basic counting worksheet. I didn’t save the original so not easily editable I’m afraid but it is free!  Just click on and save the image file to print or import into an office doc.

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Sorting Stars Worksheet

For this free printable space worksheet you are sorting stars according to colour and size using in Print Symbols. In powerpoint format so should be no problems opening it or printing.

Download Here

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More Resources

This next group of resources require In Print 3 from Widgit Software. All are editable and Included in the Zip file. Suitable for P4-P7. If you haven’t got the software copy and paste the images below into an office document

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Spaceman Dan copyright free book & Worksheets

These are some Space worksheets with symbols you may like that match to a short book I wrote about a fictional Spaceman who dreams of going into space. Again get the laminator ready! All copyright free images downloaded from morguefile.com

Feel free to use Spaceman Dan or adapt the book. I would love to see your Space resources. Leave a comment I will create a link to your page.

Download Spaceman Dan PDF here

World Space Week Matching – Spaceman Dan worksheets.

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Jupiter Sensory Space Resources

Jupiter print outs – Visual schedule and news report using Widgit inPrint symbols.

These also link with to a sensory bottle we made with oil, water, and  red glitter. We needed some Sensory space resources for our classroom!

Interactive Whiteboard. Download the smart notebook file from google docs.

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Practical/Sensory Tray Ideas

That is all, for now, please check out our main free printable teaching resources page here.