BATS!

Yesterday as we shared the bat story, I thought of this easy bat finger puppet you can make out of poster paper. Just cut the shape of the bat then add 2 slits in the middle of the bat to slip your finger through. I always read a bat story or poem around Halloween time with Kindergarten and give them these bats... they love it!

Here is a bat poem I frequently read and the motions students do as I read...

5 little bats sitting on the floor (have puppet sit on their knee) 1 flew away and there were 4

4 little bats sitting in a tree(make a tree with fingers spread apart)1 flew away the there were 3

3 little bats tasting witches brew(make a cauldron with one hand cupped)1 flew away and there were 2

2 little bats just having fun(fly your bat through the air)1 flew away and there was 1

1 little bat who likes to pretend... Won’t fly away because he is your friend(have bat sit on their shoulder or head)