This week on Playful Preschool, our preschool lesson plan is Night Time. For this activity, I decided to kick it up a notch with J and to channel her high energy into something different. And what better way to do that if not through DANCE! Today, I will be sharing with you a fun way to incorporate the sounds of the Just a quick recap, Playful Preschool is a group of bloggers coming together to present fun and hands on ideas on a weekly theme. We cover subjects such as literacy and math as well as movement.
Night Time Sounds
What sounds can you think of when you hear the words, “night time”? When I asked J, we came up with a few different ones. Once she was all done listing the ones she knew,the fun REALLY started. To do this activity, I found sound clips of different night time animals from SoundBoard.com and then we tried to mimic them and create a little dance for each. Please be warned, embarrassing pictures ahead.
Night Time Sound #1- The Barred Owl
J knew this one right off the bat. She made the appropriate sound but when I asked her to move the way an owl would, it got downright silly. Silly is perfectly fine in my book.
Night Time Sound #2- The Cricket
Did you know that it is mainly the male crickets that chirp? Crickets are either black or brown and have six legs: 4 for walking and 2 for jumping. Chirping is done by rubbing the top of one wing against the bottom of another wing.
Night Time Sound #3- The Bat
The next animal for our dance was the bat. I thought her face during her dance was HILARIOUS!! She flapped her wings like a bat and tried to keep in tune to the sounds of bats fluttering. Most of J’s dances seem to be quite similar but that is quite fine as to her they were all different.
What fun ways have you taught your preschooler about night time? If you are searching for fall activities for preschoolers I create one new fall post every week for the season. If you want some ‘pinspiration’ as well, then follow my Fall Activities for Preschoolers Board.
For MORE Playful Preschool Nighttime Activities:
Shoe Box Constellations at Rainy Day MumNighttime Sky Sensory Bin at Life Over C’s
Book-Inspired Preschool Owl Craft at Fun-A-Day!Night Owl Painting and Books at The Educators’ Spin On It
Amanda Boyarshinov says
Movement is so important for preschool learning! Thanks for the link to the sound clips
Danielle says
This is so fun! Cute videos. 🙂
Theresa (Capri + 3) says
What a fun activity to learn about nocturnal animals and their sounds and movements. The videos are adorable!
alecia says
Thanks Theresa. I was a bit nervous putting a video of J up but I eventually allowed hubby to convince me. 🙂
tinytotsadventure says
This looks fun! I like the sound clips and she looks like she was really enjoying herself.
growingbookbybook says
What a neat idea to move like night animals to music!
The Preschool Toolbox says
Moving like nocturnal animals…very creative and SO MUCH FUN! What a great way to incorporate gross motor skills with learning!
Mary Catherine (@Fun_A_Day) says
I love the idea of listening to nocturnal animals’ sounds and moving like them – such fun and really educational! 🙂
Nicolette Roux says
looks like tons of fun!! hehe
lifeovercsKim says
What a fun activity! Thanks for sharing!
Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says
Love this idea and I know my kids would have a hoot having a go at this