Every year in Kindergarten, we read the book Stellaluna and then compare/contrast this fiction story with a few nonfiction texts about bats. It just so happened that it is now a standard that Kindergartners learn about various habitats of animals and how heat and the sun help our Earth. This seemed like the perfect time and opportunity to transform our room into a bat cave and give students to opportunity to fully experience what it might be like to be a bat.
Over the course of several days, we decorated our bat cave with various projects, learned about the importance of echolocation, along with being able to describe to need of bat's super senses.
On one of our last days in the bat cave, we went on a scavenger hunt around our room, making our room dark (which meant we needed a few flashlights to help!)
It was an activity full of giggles, excitement, and the Kinders became even more knowledgable about just how important light is!
Over the course of several days, we decorated our bat cave with various projects, learned about the importance of echolocation, along with being able to describe to need of bat's super senses.
On one of our last days in the bat cave, we went on a scavenger hunt around our room, making our room dark (which meant we needed a few flashlights to help!)
It was an activity full of giggles, excitement, and the Kinders became even more knowledgable about just how important light is!