Bat Diagram

Bats are one of those misunderstood animals that people sometimes fear. Teach your child about bats by reading non fiction books. I always enjoyed teaching about bats around Halloween time. Bats are one of those animals that help keep the insect population low and truly have no interest in harming people in any way.

Here are some great books I would recommend reading to learning more about these amazing animals.

Non Fiction Books:

1. "Bats" by Gail Gibbons: I love this nonfiction book about bats. It includes diagrams and many illustrations of bats. I enjoy teaching children that a non fiction book does not need to be read cover to cover. Simply pick a section you are interested in learning more about.

2. "Bats" by Elizabeth Carney: This is a National Geographic Kids book, these are great for beginning readers. I love how the text is easy to read and the real pictures of animals included in the text. This book is also full of non fiction text features to help kids become familiar with non fiction texts.

3. "Bats!" is a Time for Kids book that is again another great non fiction read for early readers. Kids will love looking at the photographs of real bats and learning all about them.

Fiction Books:

1. "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon: Your child will love this classic book. Stellaluna is the story of a bat who ends up in a bird's nest. She has to be a bird since she is with her new bird family. Read to find out what happens as Stellaluna struggles with her bird identity.

2. "Fiona the Fruit Bat" by Dan Riskin: This book explains how bats use echolocation. Fiona is afraid to take her first flight, her mother tells her just to listen. She soon learns about how this special skill bats have can help her be successful.

3. "Little Bat up all day" by Brian Lies: Little bat has never stayed up in the day. He is so excited to see what happens during the day when he is normally asleep. Read along to see what happens on his day.

After reading, combine learning about non fiction texts with Halloween or Fall. When teaching children about nonfiction texts it is important to teach about labels and diagrams. All information presented in nonfiction texts is put there to help readers understand more about the topic of the book. A diagram is a picture that included labels to tell the reader about a topic.

Download this free template that includes two diagrams for children to label.

This bat diagram has a text box for children to select from. They will write the correct word to label the bat.

The other bat diagram provides cutting practice. Children will cut out the labels and glue them in the correct spaces on the bat.