Astronauts to Earth Game Board
Whether you're looking for a fun game to add to your space unit or an activity to include in your "Space Day" {May 6th} lessons, this fabulous "Astronauts to Earth Game" designed by Mama Jenn is the ideal activity! She provides four different variations that will help your preschoolers strengthen various skills:
- Color recognition
- Number/numeral recognition
- Shape recognition
The fourth game board is blank, allowing you to include a concept of your choice. Consider one of the following applications:
- Letter Recognition. Choose six focus letters. Script a lowercase letter onto each rocket and create a game die with the matching uppercase letter. Have students take turns rolling the die and marking off a cloud by the correct rocket.
- Sight Word Recognition. Choose six focus sight words, scripting one onto each rocket. Create a game die with the same sight words and invite students to take turns rolling the die, matching the words to the correct rocket, and marking off a cloud.
- Rhyming Words. Choose six rhyming pairs. Script one word from each pair onto the rockets and the second onto a game die. Have students take turns rolling the die, making the correct match, and marking off a cloud. You might also consider finding the images for each rhyming pair, pasting one onto the rocket and the other onto the game die.
- Beginning Letter Sounds. Choose six focus letters. Create a stack of game cards containing images of objects/items that begin with the same consonant sound as the letters on the rockets. Have students take turns picking up a card, saying the name of the picture, and crossing off a cloud next to the correct rocket.
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