• Who is our FRIEND this week?!
• The Critters in the Dark (song!)
• A bit of batty hokey pokey (get up and move!)
• Batty! (Storytime)
• Those Brown Bats (song!)
• Bat Food!
• Five Little Bats (counting)
WHO IS MY FRIEND?
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My Friend likes to eat BUGS!!!
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My Friend likes going out at NIGHT
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My Friend can FLY!
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Who is my friend today?
THE CRITTERS IN THE DARK
(SUNG TO “THE WHEELS ON THE BUS)
The bats in the dark go flap flap flap, flap flap flap, flap flap flap. The bats in the dark go
flap flap flap, all through the night.
The bugs in the dark go buzz buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz, buzz buzz buzz, the bugs in
the dark go buzz buzz buzz, all through the night.
The coyotes in the dark they howl howl howl, howl howl howl, howl howl howl, the
coyotes in the dark they howl howl howl, all through the night.
The cats in the dark go mew mew mew, mew mew mew, mew mew mew, the cats in the
dark go mew mew mew, all through the night.
The crickets in the dark go chirp chip chirp, chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp chip, the crickets
in the dark go chirp chirp chirp, all through the night.
The people in the dark they snore snore snore, snore snore snore, snore snore snore,
the people in the dark they snore snore snore, all through the night!
A BIT OF BATTY HOKEY POKEY
You put your right wing in, you take your right wing out, you put your right wing in and
you flap it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around – that’s what
it’s all about!
Next…Left Wing!
Then…Right Leg
And…Left Leg!
How about…Your Big Ears!
And finally…
You put your batty body in, you take your batty body out, you put your batty body in
and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around –
that’s what it’s all about!
Those Brown Bats
(sung to three blind mice)
Those brown bats, those brown bats
See how they fly, see how they fly
They all flew through the sky one night
They flapped and they swooped with great delight
Have you ever seen such a brilliant sight
As all those bats.
What do bats like to eat?
Do they like to eat pizza? NO!
Do they like to eat grasshoppers? YES!
Do they like to eat flies? YES!
Do they like to eat mashed potatoes? NO!
Do they like to eat chocolate? NO!
Do they like to eat fruit? MAYBE!
Do they like to eat pie? NO!
Do they like to eat mosquitos? YES!
Do they like to eat flies? YES!
Do they like to eat you? NO!
Do they like to drink milk? Only when they are
babies!
FIVE LITTLE BATS
Five little bats came flying in the door,
One flew away and that left only four.
Four little bats hiding in a tree,
One flew away and that left three.
Three little bats looking down at you,
One flew away and that left two.
Two little bats hiding from the sun,
One flew away and that left just one.
One little bat hanging all alone,
He flew away and then there were none.
Build a Bat-mark!
(bat bookmark)
Flying Bats
If I could hide inside this cave,
What a wondrous sight I'd see;
Brown bats hanging upside down
Like dark leaves on a tree.
Their mouths wide open as they fly,
Shouting sounds as they go by;
The echoes bounce off rocks and things.
To help them steer their hunter's wings.