Get ready to blast off into a galaxy of fun with our space tracing worksheets! These printables are designed to help little astronauts sharpen their fine motor skills as they trace along the letter Ss for the sun, rocket ships, and wavy space paths.
And don’t forget to check out our other preschool worksheets to keep the learning fun rocketing forward!
Outer Space Tracing Printables
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As your preschoolers and kindergarteners trace their way through the stars, they’ll practice their pencil control, build confidence, and develop hand-eye coordination while having a cosmic time doing it!
With each swoosh of the pencil, they’ll be one step closer to mastering their early writing skills, so suit up and get your space explorers ready for an out of this world learning adventure!
Inside this space tracing worksheet bundle, we’ve included the following 4 pages:
- Line Tracing Practice (2)
- Trace The Rocket Ship
- Letter Ss Tracing Practice
Line Tracing Practice Worksheets
Blasting off first with the space line tracing practice worksheets. These two sheets are filled with paths to help kids practice an essential skill of pencil control, which is crucial for developing strong handwriting abilities.
By tracing along the curvy and angled lines, children strengthen their fine motor skills, improve hand-eye coordination, and learn to navigate with precision.
The variety of paths—waves, zigzags, scallops, and more—challenges their fine motor control and prepares them for the complex movements needed for writing letters and numbers. Kids will zoom to satellites, orbit planets, and race to stars as they trace each line.
Trace The Rocket Ship Worksheet
On the next sheet, your little space explorers will trace the dashed lines to complete the rocket ship. After making their way around the rocket ship, they can color it in any way their imagination takes them.
Cute Earth Paper Craft
Tracing and coloring is a fantastic way for little astronauts to build key skills! As they zoom their pencils along the dashed lines, kids are secretly strengthening their fine motor muscles and boosting hand-eye coordination. It’s like prepping for a mission to handwriting success!
Letter Ss Tracing Practice Worksheet
Your little rays of sunshine will master writing the letter Ss is for sun with our last worksheet. They’ll form the letter Ss in both uppercase and lowercase by following along the dashed lines. The repetition and dashed lines will help kids remember how to write the letter with confidence.
Plus, they’ll be strengthening their tiny hand muscles and honing their pencil skills to set them up for stellar handwriting in the future!
Fun Space Activities
Space Theme Idea
Ready to launch into a universe of fun and learning? You can with our activities with a cool space theme! Keep your little astronauts busy exploring with hands-on projects and educational activities that sneak in learning while having a blast.
Related: Space Worksheets
These space ideas let kids explore the wonders of the galaxy right from their home or the classroom. Read on below for a collection of stellar new books and creative space projects that are light years ahead in fun.
Space Books For Kids
8 Little Planets is a fun space book for the youngest of kids. It has engaging rhyming words and cute illustrations!
On The Launchpad is a simple space-themed book for young children learning how to count! Read it nightly to help them learn!
My First Book of Planets is perfect for children who want to learn more about space.
Space Week Crafts
Rocket Toilet Paper Roll Craft – Ready for liftoff! Kids can create their own rocket ready to shoot into space just by recycling a toilet paper roll. They can create it from scratch or use our black and white version to color and tape onto the tube, which is perfect for your younger astronauts.
Alien Headband Craft – Blast off into creativity with an alien headband! Your young extraterrestrials can design their own headbands from colorful paper or color in the black and white version. This headband is the perfect addition to any space themed adventure!
Astronaut Puppet Craft – A simple paper bag can turn into an awesome astronaut ready to go on a spacewalk in just a few steps. Kids will love to design their own space explorer and go on an imaginative journey to the stars.
Try this Paper Plate Sun Craft
Torn Paper Earth Craft – For a fun, sensory filled way to explore our planet, have kids tear and glue paper to create the Earth! It’s a hands-on way to learn about our world while boosting fine motor skills.
Space Activities For Preschool
Rocket into a galaxy of learning and play with these space pattern block mats! These fun printables are great to use when learning about space or for the space loving kiddo.
As they place the pattern blocks in the correct spaces on the mats, they’ll practice fine motor skills, shape identification, and pattern building. This set includes seven illustrations and makes quiet time play exciting at home or in the classroom.
Creativity is ‘go for launch’ with these free printable space coloring pages! They give kids a fun and creative outlet when learning about the planets in our solar system. This set includes four unique pages featuring all the planets. So grab the crayons and get ready for some cosmic coloring!
These spaceship dot to dot printables are great for kids of all ages! They’ll love connecting the dots to create different kinds of spaceships. Once they’ve completed each of the images, break out the crayons or markers and have them color their cosmic creations.
It’s a great no prep activity to have on hand that will be lots of fun and sneak in some fine motor skill work, counting, and number recognition.
Blast off into counting fun with these space themed games for counting! Kids will love practicing one to one correspondence as they explore the galaxy of numbers. These playful activities make counting a cosmic game. They’re perfect for helping little astronauts sharpen their skills while having a stellar time!
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