Object: a picture of a bat

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a picture of a scary creature this morning. At least it's scary to some people. (Hold up the picture.) That's right, it's a bat. Bats are very interesting creatures. They fly like birds, but they're not birds. They sleep during the day and fly around at night. Do you think they fly around to get exercise? (Let them respond.) No, they fly at night to get food. Most of them eat either insects or fruit. Do bats talk? (Let them respond.) Yes, they do, but in a very different way. They make very high squeaking sounds. Let's try to see if we can make some bat sounds. (Demonstrate and let the children imitate.) The interesting thing is that when bats make those sounds they are doing something that is called echol…