Flannel Friday: Let's Go Out On a Summer Night

I first saw this flannel in 2010 when I was doing an internship at the Arlington Public Library in Arlington, VA. I thought it would be perfect for the summer reading theme this year, but couldn't find the lyrics (or what I remembered of them) anywhere on the internet. A friend who is still at Arlington found the original set, scanned it for me and sent it on so I could make my own. I love librarians, they're the best.

The song is called Let's Go Out On a Summer Night (Or Starry Night, if you want to do it year round). It's sung to the tune of Go In and Out the Window and the original flannel is credited to a Diane Marton, who I never got the chance to meet. If you're out there Diane, please know how much I love this flannel and how much I look forward to using it all year long!

Let's Go Out On a Summer Night

Let's go out on a summer night

Let's go out on a summer night

Let's go out on a summer night

To see what we can find

Where oh where is the crescent moon?

Where oh where is the crescent moon? 

Where oh where is the crescent moon?

On a summer night

Where oh where are the green stars?

...

Yellow stars...

Orange stars...

Purple stars...

Blue stars...

Where oh where are the lightening bugs?

...

Where oh where are the black bats?

...

Where oh where is the brown owl?

...

We went out on a summer night

We went out on a summer night

We went out on a summer night

And saw some beautiful sights!

This is another flannel where I hand out the pieces to the kids before we sing the song and have them come up and put the flannel pieces on the board when their piece is mentioned. You can hand out as many or as few pieces as you need and if you're like me and can't stand to throw out scraps, a lot of these pieces can be made from colorful leftovers.