A sto­ry­time theme sure to come up at some point dur­ing the Sum­mer Read­ing Pro­gram is noc­tur­nal ani­mals. Begin­ning with one of the owls I made from Sun­flower Storytime’s tem­plate, I made ani­mals to place on the flan­nel­board while we lis­ten to the song, “Noc­tur­nal Ani­mals” by Nancy Music. Both lyrics and music are avail­able at the site.

Cho­rus:
On a moon­lit night when the stars come out
There are noc­tur­nal ani­mals all about.

Each verse intro­duces a dif­fer­ent ani­mal begin­ning with an owl.

Cat (mine is grey so it shows up on the night­time flan­nel­board. Easy lyric adaptation)

Bat

Tree Frog

Dor­mouse (looks more like a short-legged capy­bara or a ham­ster, but ham­sters are noc­tur­nal so “it’s all good”)

The night­time gang

The host for today’s Sum­mer Read­ing Flan­nel Fri­day extrav­a­ganza is Sharon at Rain Makes Apple­sauce. You can also find a list­ing of past and future roundups at So Tomor­row. For a visual round-up of all post­ings, check out Flan­nel Fri­day on Pin­ter­est.