Halloween Fun: Learning _at Family Words w/Bats!

I am so excited to share our little Bat (-at Family) Word Slide with you!

Here's Batty 

(as the Lil Divas named him)

Are you as smitten as I am? 

A Halloween craft that doubles as a learning aide is my idea of fabulous!

What You Need:

TP roll

black paint

paint brush

permanent marker

white crayon

white strip of cardstock

What To Do:

1. Paint the TP Roll black & allow to dry

2. Trace handprints onto black construction paper - 

this will be the bat's wings.

3. Cut out handprints

4. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics when I was making the word slide but it really is simple. I folded the TP roll and cut slits into both sides to match my strip of card stock. I then folded it the opposite way and cut out a small square. Be sure to cut off center so that you leave room for the letters 'at'. 

5. Write your target letters/blends on the card stock - we used b, c, f, m, r, s and p.

6. Play with your cute Batty Word Slide and let him help you practice reading those _at family words!

Game: Catch the -at Word

I found this bat inflatable at WalMart & knew it would be perfect for our -at word fun.

How To Play:

Prep: I wrote some _at words on paper and taped them to various spots on the bat. 

(front of bat)

(back of bat)

To play, I simply threw the bat up in the air and the Lil Divas had to catch it.

Once caught, they had to read the words where their hands grasped the bat.

FUN!

I am having fun coming up with creative word slides that fit our themes. 

Do you have any ideas to share? 

I'll give you a sneak peek into one of mine - 

I have a pumpkin coming up to review _in words!

We've also been learning quite a bit about bats in general from these fab Books for young learners:

Bern