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Children will identify several nocturnal animals and the sounds they make.
Vocabulary: nocturnal, pack, spots
Science Focus: nocturnal animals
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Paired Text: Night Animals by Gianna Marino
Paired Text: Night Animals by Gianna Marino
- A possum and his friends are afraid of the night animals they hear in the dark . . . until they realize they are the night animals!
Vocabulary: Nocturnal Word Wall
Vocabulary: Nocturnal Word Wall
- Start a nocturnal word wall! Come up with night-themed words, like dark, spooky, stars, moon, raccoon, howl, bedtime, and so on.
- When you have plenty of words, use them to make a spooky story!
Scavenger Hunt: c
Scavenger Hunt: c
- C is for coyote! Work together to find and circle all the c’s in the issue.
Hands-on Activity: Nocturnal Animal Art
Hands-on Activity: Nocturnal Animal Art
Skill: art, apply knowledge
Materials: black construction paper, gray or yellow construction paper, twigs, googly eyes, silver glitter paint or glitter glue (optional)
- This project is quick and easy and makes for a great display and discussion starter! Give each child a sheet of black construction paper. Kids can paint a thin layer of silver glitter paint or glitter glue for a twinkling stars effect.
- Have kids glue a gray or yellow circle near the top for a moon, and glue twigs on the paper for trees. Now they have a nighttime forest!
- Finally, have kids glue pairs of googly eyes in different spots on the paper. When finished, display kids’ work and talk about who is hiding in the forest! What nocturnal animal might each pair of eyes belong to?