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Noises of the Night: When do you sleep? (day or night) Does everyone sleep at night? What animals can you think of that sleep at night? Do you know why? Let’s find out who sleeps at night and why? Here is a list of all nocturnal animals. We will be discussing and doing some crafts with the following: owls, bats, and racoons – feel free to add more if you want!

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NOCTURNAL ONES

Choose 2-3 20-30 minute activities from the options below:

Owls

1. Learn about them with National Geographic Kids

2. Craft them using celery! As seen here

a. Material

- Celery

- Paper

- Glue

- Scissors

- paint

3. Read a book about them

Eyes of the Night

1. Crafts: Nocturnal Night as seen here

Materials:

- Googly eyes

- Black paper

- White paper ripped to pieces

- Sticks

- Glitter

- Glue

- White or yellow paper (for the moon)

2. Watch "The Magic School Bus Goes Batty". The following activity will help them explore how echolocation works.

Materials:

- shoe box lid

- marble

- blindfolds

The kids can work in together. Blindfold one while other hold the two ends of the box lid, rolling the marble back and forth. The blindfolded child tries to listen to the ball rolling and then tries to grab it using only the sound. Like echolocation, the sound is the only thing they must "see" where the ball is rolling just like a bat.