Bats for Halloween

6.00

Coming in game: Bat dot to dot puzzle

Take a look here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/connectdots/bat/

6.00

Opening and chat about the theme for tonight

6.10

Story: The story Echo the Bat

You can find it at: http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html

6.25

Game: Back to Back (because bats cling together in their caves)

Players stand about by pairs, except one player who is it.  When it calls, "Back to back!" the players must back up to a partner.  When it calls "Face to Face!" these partners must face each other and shake hands.  On the next call "Back to back!"  and each time here after, all players must change partners.  It tries to get a partner during the change.  The player left out becomes it.

6.35

Craft: Pumpkin and Bat craft

All the instructions are here: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/mcandybat.htm

7.00

Game: Blind man Buff (because bats can’t see)

 Equipment: blindfold     

Blindfold one player and spin them around 3 times.  The blindfolded player tries to tag one of the other players, who may crouch low, sneak up behind the "blindman" and yell "Boo", or stand still and keep very quiet.  Eventually though, someone will get careless and be tagged.  That player is then blindfolded for the nest game.

7.10

Poem: by Chelsea Reber and Hannah Hansen  http://www.batbox.org/poetry.html

Bats go flying in the night,

Some give people a lot of fright,

Most people think they're very scary,

But most of them are just cute and hairy!

7.15

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