The week of November 3rd, the theme of kindergarten storytime was bats! The children listened to and discussed the information presented in the nonfiction book Bats by Patricia Whitehouse. They also learned a song that tells how and when bats sleep. To help them remember that little brown bats live in Maine, the children made bats out of brown construction paper. Mrs. Miliano used this lesson to formally introduce the location of the library’s information books and instructed the students in how to use a shelf marker when browsing in that section.
The next kindergarten storytime also featured bats. After singing the bat song and recalling some bat facts, the children enjoyed the fictional story Bats at the Library by Brian Lies. Then they participated in a batty activity that illustrates how bats use their sense of smell to identify family members. The students were given one scented paper bat each and they had to use their sense of smell to try to find the other bat with the same scent. It was harder than you might think! Identifying the scents were seemed to help the children to match them. When you visit the library, you might catch a hint of licorice still!
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