Resources and Teaching Ideas for Learning about Bats Your Kids Will Love

This summer, we offered a Summer Reading Camp for selected students at my school, and one of the themes the children asked me to plan was a Bats and Birds Theme.  We were able to use quite a few resources from TPT,  and the children thoroughly enjoyed the week.  

Here are the titles I loved and used for the week:

• Bats at the Beach
• Bats at the Ballgame
• Bats by Gail Gibbons (nonfiction)
• Bats National Geographic Reader
• Stellaluna
• Fiona the Fruit Bat

To the right, you will find the theme planner I put together with the activities for learning about bats.  You can print the page for your files.

There are tons of free activities for learning about bats on TPT. Here are links to the ones I used with my students for our week.

• Bat Themed Math & Literacy Activities
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat
• Bats, A Project Based Learning Activity
• Bats Craft and Writing Activity for Fall
• BATS Informational Research

Pinterest Ideas for Learning about bats:

Crafts are always lots of fun and can be very instructional. You can use them for following directions lessons or in conjunction with writing activities. Here are a few of the ideas you might like.