Bat Theme
Amazing Bats - Frank Greenaway
Bat Jamboree - Kathi Appelt
Bat Time - Ruth Horowitz
Bats: Mammals That Fly - Marlene Sway
Bats Misunderstood - John L. Hommedieu
Bats Night Fliers - Betsy Maestro
Bat's Surprise - Gina Clegg Erickson
Cactus Cafe - Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Extremely Weird Bats - Sara Lovett
Five Little Bats Flying in the Night - Steve Metzger
Lavina Bat - Russell Hoban
Outside and Inside Bats - Sandra Markle
Stellaluna - Janell Cannon
Stellaluna: A Pop-Up Book and Mobile - Janell Cannon
The Bat in My Pocket - Amanda Lollar
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat - Lucille Colandro
Vampire Bats - Pamela J. Gerholdt
Welcome to the World of Bats - Diane Swanson
World's Weirdest Bats - M. L. Roberts
Zipping, Zapping Zooming Bats - Ann Earle
Bats
Bats have shiny leather wings,
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
bats do many clever things,
bats doze upside-down by day,
bats come out at night to play.
Bats cavort in soaring cliques,
sounding ultrasonic shrieks,
acrobatic in thesky,
bats catch every bug they spy.
Noodle Bat Necklace
Bow Tie Pasta Noodle
Paint the noodles black and let them dry. Cut a piece of yarn about 5 inches
long. Thread one end of the yarn through the hole in the macaroni noodle and
tie it in a knot to the other end. Make sure it is just a little loose
because you will be stringing a large piece of yarn through the "loop" of
this yarn to make your necklace. Trim off any extra yarn. Glue the bow tie
pasta onto the macaroni noodle as shown in the picture below. Try to hide the
knot from the yarn by the bow tie pasta. Paint a tiny face on your noodle bat
and string a longer piece of yarn (you will want this piece of yarn to be
able to slide over your head once it is tied) through the "loop" left by the
yarn you tied through the macaroni noodle. (For a variation of this idea, use
fishing line instead of yarn and you can hang these up as flying bat
decorations!)
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Hanging Bats
Toilet tissue tube
For each bat, cut out two triangular ears from one end of a toilet tissue
tube. Next, flatten the other end and staple it shut about 1 inch from the
bottom. Cut a crescent shape in the stapled end to form the bat's tail. Paint
the tube black and let it dry.Next, cut out a wing shape from a 1-foot-long
strip of black poster board. (For a more hair-raising look, first glue a
veneer of black felt to the poster board.) Staple the wings to the bat's
body.Glue on googly eyes. Finally, staple the elastic cord to the bat's back
at the balance point, then hang the creature from the ceiling.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Clip-On Bats
Construction paper
For each bat, cut an extended-wings shape from black construction paper.
Next, cut out an oblong body with pointed ears and feet, and glue it onto the
wings. Add round, beady eyes cut from yellow or red paper. Then glue a
clothespin to the back of the bat, and it's ready to hang on a curtain---or
anywhere you like---even on you!!!
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Macaroni Noodle
Black Paint
String (preferably black!)
Black tempera paint and brushes
Black poster board
Googly eyes
Black felt (optional)
Elastic cording
Stapler
Scissors
Glue
Pinch-style clothespins
Hearing
Bats use their sense of hearing to help them find food, their ears are very
sensitive. A bat can tell where and object or animal is by making clicking
sounds that result in echoes. (echolocation) Bats can tell where trees and
buildings are by using this system. That is how bats can fly in darkness
without hitting anything.
Hearing Experiment
*One child is the bat and 3 or 4 other children will make sounds.
*Bat should close eyes
*Each child should make their noise and the bat should walk over to that
child and touch him.
*Continue until everyone has a chance to be the bat.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Bat's Fly
Make fishing pole by attaching string to wooden dowel. Tie a magnet to loose end of string. Attach paper clip to black paper bats. Place bats in tub. Player fishes for bat and makes it fly into sack.
~Submitted by Barb in Texas
Number Activity: "The Bat Cave"
Use an egg carton; write numbers on the inside of the egg cups. Cut the ring
part off a bat ring (or use some other small plastic or rubber bat) and put
it in the egg carton. Close it, shake it up and open the carton.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
*Give the 3 or 4 children something to make a sound with like a bell, wooden
sticks to click together, and a drum.
*With the bat in the middle the other children position themselves around the
bat.
All Bats Do Not Look Alike - The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
Halloween Bat Clips - Enchanted Learning
Bat Printouts.com
Bats - ABCTeach.com
All About Bats - a First-Grade Journey - Mrs. Schlein's First Grade Web Site
The Bat Poet Page - Bat House
Stellaluna Teachers' Resources
Bat Information for Kids - The Organization for Bat Conservation
Introduction to Bats - US Fish and Wildlife
Bat Crafts - Family Crafts, About.com
Bats - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Bats in the Classroom - Education World
Echo The Bat - Imagers
Fudgy Bat Cookies - PastryWiz Food Resource Center
Teacher's Guide: Bats
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