Bats+for+Kindergarten

= Aztec Creation Myth = This quirky and witty animation features a very grumpy bat. An adaptation of a Mexican legend, the film pokes fun at how we try to be “better” than others, at all costs, instead of accepting ourselves as we are. In this comic tale, a mischievous Bat makes himself a beautiful costume with the feathers his friends the birds generously give him. But when the Bat fails to be grateful, his envy and pride will bring him to a disastrous outcome. Bats are not blind, but let us not let that spoil a wonderful story [|Go to watch it.]
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/aztec_bat_folklore.jpg width="395" height="473" caption="Lucia Morgan"]] || = =

acting like this bat?
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 * http://luciamorgan.com/animation_new.html ||  ||

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Ancient Greece ||  ||
 * || == Aesop Fable Why Bats Fly at Night ==
 * || [[image:literacylessonsforall/AncientGreeceGeography.jpg width="550" height="330"]]

Has this ever happened to you?
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[|what Kind of bat are you]

=**Bats Are Sleeping **=
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/bulldog_bat.jpg width="288" height="216" caption="Bulldog Bat"]] || [[image:literacylessonsforall/common-pipistrelle-bat-3.jpg width="326" height="213" caption="Common Pipistrelle"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/vampire_Bat.jpg width="249" height="206" align="center" caption="Vampire Bat"]] || [[image:literacylessonsforall/spottedbat.jpg width="148" height="187" align="left" caption="Spotted Bat"]][[image:literacylessonsforall/Grey_Headed_Flying_Fox.jpg width="160" height="183" align="left" caption="Grey Headed Flying Fox"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/big_brown_bat.jpg width="286" height="197" caption="Big Brown Bat"]] || [[image:literacylessonsforall/long_tounged_fruit_bat.jpg width="295" height="211" caption="long-tongued Fruit Bat"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/big_brown_bat.jpg width="286" height="197" caption="Big Brown Bat"]] || [[image:literacylessonsforall/long_tounged_fruit_bat.jpg width="295" height="211" caption="long-tongued Fruit Bat"]] ||  ||

=**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.**= == || = //a Cherokee Folktale// = || played with deerskin balls and sticks with little baskets on the end. It was played by men in large groups as they trained to be good warriors and at times the game itself was used to settle conflicts.
 * (tune: Frere Jacques)**
 * = How Bat Learned to Fly =
 * = How Bat Learned to Fly =
 * [[image:literacylessonsforall/stickball_ball.jpg width="334" height="298"]] || Stickball is a traditional Cherokee game, the precursor of lacrosse,

Why do you think the Cherokee created this tale?
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