N and L fashioned fuzzy ears from felt and construction paper last night and since we didn't have black trash bags for wings, we used green.
Today being a federal holiday, we four had an extra family day together, so we all went to the ant-size adventures program and learned all there is to know about bats.
We learned words like echolocation, mammalogist and guano. I think it's intriguing that bats get to have their own unique word to describe their poop.
We took a little nature hike to look for signs that bats had been around. Some of us veered off of the path to make "crunching sounds" with our feet.
Back at home L dictated to me what she had learned about our furry nocturnal friends (Did you know bats are responsible for pollinating 85 percent of the agave plants used to make tequila?).
L practiced writing words that rhyme with bat and then we made our own batty-bat and ghostie Halloween decorations out of mini pumpkins.
Our finished products look a little more like Frankenstein than the pictures on the Web site, but they get the job done of haunting our little house all the same.
I'd recommend these bat books in case any of you are doing your own bat lessons at home this month: Bats--Creatures of the Night, Bats! Strange and Wonderful and, of course, Stellaluna. We found these among others in the juvenile non-fiction section of our library.
I love those sparkly bat wings! It looks like you guys are in the middle of a forest with all those crunchy leaves underfoot. How cool to find something like this in the big city!
ReplyDeleteOh, and the at-home bat projects sound like a great idea. Glad you're back!