B's Bat Lapbook

Here are some of what my little ones have been working on the past couple of weeks. B. (ds,8) wanted to study bats, and since M. (dd,6) recently lost 2 more teeth, she wanted to study that subject. How could we tackle those while having fun, using great creativity, and applying the knowledge on our own terms? Why, with lapbooks of course!





Above is the cover of B's 'All About Bats'. He drew a bat at the top, but it's kind of hard to see. Next is a look at it opened.
1) The purple is a flap book with 3 sections. On the top of each is the begining of a joke, and underneath is the punch line.

2)The yellow is an accordian fold expansion that opens up to 35 in. so he will have space to add more things (colored photos, etc.) as time goes on. So far he has a small crossword that we laminated so that it can be filled in over and over with a dry erase marker or Indian wax pencil.

3) Under that is an origami bat he folded. The 2 front flaps will open to a few physical facts (ie., has fangs, nocturnal), and then those pulled upward will expose the inside back of the bat where he will draw the lungs and heart.

4) Below that is a blank diagram printout from enchanted learning that he filled in.

5) The pink will be for his bibliography- all the places he found the information he used.

6) The dark green with the mounted white opens up to a 'pop-up' bat printout, and has a pull tab with the names of various types of bats.

7) Under that is an orange 'Bat Facts' pocket with pullout note cards.


8) The white on the top right hand corner is a flip book of food bats eat. Each page has a photo of each food written.

9) The last thing he has so far is a drawing of what a bat's lungs and heart looks like.

B's Book Review:
Outside and Inside Bats
by Sandra Markle
"This is cool because it has a vampire bat sucking blood from a bird's foot. I like the colorful and real-life photos because they show the kidneys, stomach, intestines, lungs, and heart. I think you should get this book."

Bat
by Caroline Arnold, photos by Richard Hewett
"I like this book, too. It has a photo of a little brown bat's skeleton, and says there are more than 950 species of bats today. I really think you should get this book, too because it has really good facts."

Bats: Shadows in the Night
by Diane Ackerman, photos byMerlin Tuttle
"I think this is the best book! It says that the flying fox's wings can stretch out 6 ft. wide. That's as tall as my father!!!!!!!!

The Magic School Bus: Going Batty- A Book About Bats
by Scholastic
"In this book I like the cartoon looking pictures better than the real photos in the other books. I like when the people and the bus turn into bats. This one came on t.v., and I like it better because it shows everything happening. I think you should get the book and the video."