Nocturnal Animals

I used this theme for an evening preschool program.

Books

Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
It's a Firefly Night by Dianne Ochiltree
Forest Bright, Forest Night by Jennifer Ward

I only read the nighttime portion of Jennifer Ward's book for the program. 

Songs

There's Something in the Nighttime
Courtesy of Miss Barbara at the Library

We discovered an owl, cricket, cat, mouse, and a skunk! I held up a stick puppet of each animal after the kids guessed. 

Sleeping Bats
Courtesy of CanTeach 

We acted out the following movements to the rhyme:

Tune: Frère Jacques
Bats are sleeping,
(place hands together and press against cheek. Pretend to sleep)
Bats are sleeping,
Upside down,
Upside down,
Sleeping in the morning sun,
(make a circle with your arms above your head)
Waiting for the night to come,
(twinkle fingers like stars)
Then they'll fly all around,
(flap arms)
Then they'll fly all around.

Activity

Bubbles

Craft

Hedgehog

 Supplies:

• White cardstock
• Glue
• Google eyes
• Crayons
• Gray and brown construction paper
• Leaf template or stamp