Opening Song

Book: Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

Song: “Flap, Flap, Flap Little Bats”
Flap, flap, flap little bats,
Flap, flap, flap little bats,
Flap, flap, flap little bats,
Early in the evening.

Additional verses:
Clap, clap, clap little bats…
Dance, dance, dance little bats…
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle little bats…
Soar, soar, soar little bats…

Last verse:
Sleep, sleep, sleep little bats,
Sleep, sleep, sleep little bats,
Sleep, sleep, sleep little bats,
Early in the morning.
(Credit: Miss Katie’s Story Time)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

Song: “Bats Eat Bugs”
Bats eat bugs, they don’t eat people.
Bats eat bugs, they don’t fly in your hair.
Bats eat bugs, they eat insects for dinner.
That’s why they’re flying up there.

Coyotes eat rabbits, they don’t eat people.
Coyotes eat rabbits, ‘cuz you’re too big to bite.
Coyotes eat rabbits, they eat rabbits for dinner.
That’s why they’re out in the night.

Snakes eat mice, they don’t eat people.
Snakes eat mice, that’s why they’re on the ground.
Snakes eat mice, ‘cuz we’re too big to swallow,
So they don’t want you hanging around.

Bears eat berries, they don’t eat people.
Bears eat berries, they don’t eat you or me.
Bears eat berries, and they’ll steal your dinner,
So you better hang it high in a tree.

Nothing out there wants to eat you.
Nothing out there wants to make you its meal.
Nothing out there eats people for dinner
‘Cuz they know how sick they would feel.
(Credit: Banana Slug String Band: Dirt Made My Lunch)

Fingerplay: “Five Little Bats”
Five little bats sitting on a gate.
First one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late.”
Second one said, “There are mosquitoes in the air.”
Third one said, “Let’s eat them up right here.”
Fourth one said, “I’m ready for some fun!”
Fifth one said, “Let’s flap and run and run.”
Then Whooo-ooo went the wind and out went the light,
And the five little bats flew off in the night.

Book: I Am Bat by Morag Hood

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Rhyme