Bat Songs and Poems
Bats Are Sleeping
Tune: Frere Jacques
Bats are sleeping
Bats are sleeping
Upside down.
Upside down.
Sleeping in the morning sun.
Waiting for the night to come.
Then they'll fly all around.
Then they'll fly all around.
I Love Bats!
Tune: Frere Jacques
written by Mrs. Jones
I love bats!
I love bats!
You should too.
You should too.
They eat lots of insects
They eat lots of insects
That bite you.
That bite you.
Nocturnal
Tune: Gray Squirrel
written by Mrs. Jones
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
Hunting for some food to eat
Catching it between their feet
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
Hunting for some food to eat
Catching it between their teeth
Nocturnal, nocturnal
Bats stay up all night.
ECHOLOCATION
Bats send out sound waves using their mouth or nose. When the sound hits an object an echo comes back. The bat can identify an object by the sound of the echo. They can even tell the size, shape and texture of a tiny insect from its echo. Most bats use echolocation to navigate in the dark and find food.
Listen to Bat Echolocation and Social Calls
Animated Picture of Echolocation
Echolocation
Tune: You Are My Sunshine
written by Mrs. Jones
Echolocation, echolocation
It helps me find my nightly food.
I send a sound out
It bounces back to me
Then I catch the bug
And eat it right away!
Vampire Bats
Tune: Three Blind Mice
written by Mrs. Jones
Vampire bats, vampire bats
Drinking blood, drinking blood
Flying around the sky at night
Sleeping in caves without a fright
Did you ever see such an awesome sight
As Vampire bats?
Flying, Flying
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle
written by Mrs. Jones
Flying, flying every night
Looking for the food that's right
Eating insects by the ton
All the bats are having fun
Flying, flying every night
Looking for the food that's right.
Bats
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle
Flying, flying in the sky,
Bats are neat, I'll tell you why.
Flying foxes are the tallest,
Bumblebee bats are the smallest.
Bats are yellow, red, and brown,
Bats sleep hanging upside-down.
Some eat bugs and some eat fruit,
Some look mean and some look cute.
Flying, flying in the sky,
Bats are neat, now you know why!
A BATTY POEM
Bats are mammals
like you and me
Some live in caves
and some live in trees.
Bats are nocturnal
they are active at night.
No bats are blind,
some have good sight.
They use echolocation
to find insects they eat.
They can fly at 60 miles per hour
and at 10,000 feet!
When the weather turns cold
and there's no food to eat
Some bats migrate or hibernate in a
deep sleep.
Some bats are pollinators
and some eat fruit.
Just look at their noses or ears,
they are adapted to suit.
So, don't be afraid
next time you see a bat.
They are part of nature
and belong just where they're at.
—Arizona Game and Fish Department, WILD Kids, Number 15
I found this poem on the internet and rewrote it
so it could be sung to the following tune:
One Bat Hanging in the Steeple
Tune: Go Tell It On The Mountain
One bat hanging in the steeple
One bat flies in right through the door
That makes two bats in my belfry
Wonderful, but wait, there's more!
Two bats hanging in the steeple
One bat flies in right through the door
That makes three bats in my belfry
Wonderful, but wait, there's more!
Have fun adding more verses and bats.
Bat-Phonics from Kinderkorner:
Going Batty: There are more poems at this site.
This is a fun phonemic awareness exercise.
Remember the old theme song to the Batman TV show?
The one that goes
do do do do do do do do
do do do do do do do
Batman!
Sing it with all the consonant sounds:
b b b b b b b b
b b b b b b b
Batman!
c c c c c c c c
c c c c c c c
Catman!
d d d d d d d d
d d d d d d d
Datman!
f f f f f f f f
f f f f f f f
Fatman!
Get the idea?
Bat Song
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
Words By: B. Sarah Froehlich
If you know bats are mammals clap your hands (XX)
If you know bats are not birds clap your hands (XX)
Some are black, gray or brown
With their wings they fly above the ground,
And they sleep in the day upside down (XX)
Bats Are Sleeping
Tune: Are You Sleeping?
Words: B. Sarah Froehlich
Bats are sleeping, bats are sleeping,
In a cave, in a tree,
In winter they roost together,
Waiting for warmer weather,
Hibernate. Hibernate.
Bats
by Linda Holliman
A bat's a most
Peculiar thing.
A bat can fly.
A bat has wings.
It doesn't have feathers
or build a nest.
It hangs upside down
in a cave to rest.
Some bats use echoes
To find their way.
Some use their noses
To go out and play.
From all the facts
it becomes very clear.
That a bat is a mammal,
Not a bird it appears.
Five Black Bats
by Shel Silverstein
Five black bats ready to soar
One stayed behind, now ther are four.
Four black bats hanging from a tree;
One fell down, now there are three.
Three black bats wondering what to do,
One flew away and now there are two.
Two black bats sitting in the sun
One fell asleep leaving only one.
One lonesome bat, with no place to go,
Went hiding in a cave, Now there are zero.
