Invite kindergartners to help turn the classroom into a model solar system. Read books about planets, comets, meteors, the Milky Way galaxy, the international space station or rockets. Bring in Styrofoam balls and boxes in different sizes. Invite kindergartners to paint Styrofoam balls for each of the planets, the sun, Earth's moon, dwarf planets, comets and meteors. Encourage kindergartners to make rockets and satellites out of boxes. Help kindergartners hang their solar system model from the ceiling.
Read books about stars and constellations such as "Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations" by Jacqueline Mitton or "The Big Dipper" by Franklyn Branley. Hang black butcher paper on a bulletin board or over a wall. Invite kindergartners to use white chalk to draw constellations on the black paper such as the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper or other favorites they discover. Encourage students to draw lines between the stars in the constellations and add labels to name each constellation.
Write space-themed rhymes and poems on sheets of chart paper. Rhymes might include the first few stanzas of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" or "Star Light, Star Bright." Select a few poems from Lee Hopkins' book "Blast Off! Poems About Space" or "And Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space" by Laura Salas. Invite kindergartners to illustrate the poetry charts. Allow kindergartners to use pointers to lead the class in choral poetry readings.
Invite kindergartners to create colorful space art. Give kindergartners a sheet of black construction paper. Set out brightly colored oil pastels. Allow the children to use the oil pastels to draw the solar system with planets, moons, comets and the sun. Kindergartners may choose to draw a single planet such as Saturn with all its rings. Encourage creativity and artistic expression; some students might prefer drawing swirling galaxies with rockets and satellites blasting through space.