#8 of 10 Fun Family Night Ideas

[MamaMandee]

        Experience the Night

The night isn't a quiet place. Bring some lawn chairs out in the yard and gather your family as the sun goes down. Listen to the different animals -- birds, bugs, bats and amphibians -- that liven up the dark. Using a nature guide for your area, see how many different critters you can identify by sight or sound. When it gets totally dark, turn on a porch light and stand back as moths flock to it. Use a digital camera to capture images of the different types of flying bugs that show up. Then use The University of Georgia's Discover Life tool to identify your moths. The mapping feature will let you see where else around the world they live.

If your family gets really engrossed in night life, consider pitching a tent for a backyard campout.

[elasmimi]

We do this a lot. Funny thing, there are not as many fireflies at night as there were when I was a child. My 6 y/o loves them.

[arpazia]

That's a good idea for this summer

[slw123]

Quoting elasmimi:

We do this a lot. Funny thing, there are not as many fireflies at night as there were when I was a child. My 6 y/o loves them.

I noticed this too.  I always get excited when I see ONE, but when I was a kid there were hundreds.

[Bob192]

We love to watch the stars!

[RobynS]

This is a definite for summer, but not right now! Brrrr!! LOL ;)

[RobynS]

I know! Isn't that sad??? :(

I call them lightning bugs.

Quoting elasmimi:

We do this a lot. Funny thing, there are not as many fireflies at night as there were when I was a child. My 6 y/o loves them.

[timon95]

tfs

[.Angelica.]

I have never in my life seen them. We dont have them in washington.

Quoting RobynS:

I know! Isn't that sad??? :(

I call them lightning bugs.

Quoting elasmimi:

We do this a lot. Funny thing, there are not as many fireflies at night as there were when I was a child. My 6 y/o loves them.

[.Angelica.]

Also we dont have much opportunity to do this. It doesn't get dark early enough in the summer and is too cold other times. My kids dont sleep in when they stay up so it doesnt happen often

[mrswillie]

We spend a lot of time outside in the warmer months.