Montessori-Inspired Bat Activities Using Free Printables

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now

I love bats as a Halloween theme, although bats are interesting to study at any time of year. For preschoolers, I like my themes to be non-scary, so I've included lots of cute bat photos and printables. The vampire bat photo is slightly scary, but the least scary one I could find!

 

I have lots of free bat printables and activities, including a bat-themed pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! 

You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year along with presentation ideas in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities. At Living Montessori Now, I have a post with resource links of Free Printables for Montessori Homeschools and Preschools. 

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Montessori Shelves with Bat-Themed Activities

Montessori Shelves with Bat-Themed Activities

You’ll find Montessori-inspired bat numbers, letters, and and more (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber) Go to my Free Bat Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bat Activities post at Living Montessori Now for the free printables and activity ideas you see on the shelf and collage above!

Free Montessori-Inspired Bat Pack

Montessori-Inspired Bat Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).

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• Plant and Animal Sorting
• Montessori Animal Classification
• Free Zoo Printables and Montessori-Inspired Zoo Activities
• Free Endangered Animal Songs and Educational Videos {Save the Animals}
• Montessori Vertebrate Resources for Preschool Through Elementary
• Free Endangered Animal Printables and Montessori-Inspired Endangered Animal Activities
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Halloween Posts

• Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Activities
• Homeschool Halloween
• Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Unit
• 25+ Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities
• Halloween Grace and Courtesy
• Montessori-Inspired Friendly Ghost Activities
• Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities
• Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
• Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Activities
• 20 Pumpkin Phonics Activities
• Free Halloween Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
• Halloween Activities for Montessori-Inspired Themes and Parties
• Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Hammering for Toddlers
• 20+ Pumpkin Hammering Activities for Preschoolers
• Free Skeleton Printables and Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
• Free Spider Printables and Montessori-inspired Spider Math Activities
• Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downloads
•  Free Spiderweb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Yummy Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Montessori Pumpkin Scrubbing for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Delicious and Nutritious Vegan, Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Pie Squares
• Simple Fun with Pumpkins and Pumpkin Seeds for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Hands-on Fun with Montessori-Inspired Human Skeleton Activities
• How to Participate in the Teal Pumpkin Project with Non-Food Treats
• Non-Scary Montessori Halloween Printables for Preschool Through Elementary
• Kids’ Halloween Activities Pinterest Board

If you'd like ideas for calendar-based themes throughout September and October, see my September Themed Activities for Kids and October Themed Activities for Kids.

Be sure to go to my Free Bat Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bat Activities post at Living Montessori Now for lots of free printables and activity ideas!

 

I hope you're able to have a wonderful fall (or spring in the Southern Hemisphere)!

Deb Chitwood is a certified Montessori teacher with a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. Deb taught in Montessori schools in Iowa and Arizona before becoming owner/director/teacher of her own Montessori school in South Dakota. Later, she homeschooled her two children through high school. Deb is now a Montessori writer who lives in San Diego with her husband of 46 years (and lives in the city where her kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids live). She blogs at Living Montessori Now.