This week in Kindergarten, we have been learning about bats. We learned many interesting facts about bats. We learned that bats help us out by eating up lots of insects like mosquitoes that bother use! We also learned that bats do NOT turn into vampires! Shew! Thank goodness!!!
While we were learning about bats we learned about the life cycle of a bat and also some characteristics of bats. Did you know that on their wings bats actually have 3 fingers and a thumb?!
On Thursday we read the silly story There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat. It really has not much to do with bats, but it is always a fun favorite! After reading, we did some comprehension activities on the smart board. The children were asked to recall the things that the old lady swallowed and the things that she didn't-- what a great way to practice these important skills.
Today we read Stellaluna. We talked about the difference between fiction and non-fiction. What is cool about Stellaluna is that it is a fiction story that actually has real life bat fact in it. Afterwards, we did a smart board activity where we answered some questions about the story and put events in the story in order. We completed our lesson with a venn diagram comparing bats and birds. We learned that bats have fur while birds have feathers, bats are nocturnal, birds and bats eat bugs, and birds and bats can fly. I was so impressed that the children got every single one correct!
In centers this week the children listened to the story Bat's Big Game which is a great story about a little bat who wants to play on the winning soccer team so he keeps switching sides between the animals and the birds! It is a great lesson for us in how to tell the difference between bats and birds and is also really cute and funny!
Check out these great bat books:
Stellaluna
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat
Zipping Zapping Zooming Bats
The Magic School Bus in The Bat Cave
Amazing Bats
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