Backyard Bat Field Guide + FREE “My Field Notes” Journal

Backyard Bat Field Guide + My Field Notes

Discover the wonder of the nighttime world with a gentle bat study from Into the Woods Learning Co. With watercolor-style illustrations and simple directions, this printable kit invites children to learn about bats through reading, drawing, hands-on activities and thoughtful observation.

Explore what makes a bat a mammal, how its wings work, what echolocation does and where different bats find food and shelter. Learn from books, photographs or wildlife videos, with an optional dusk watch for families who want to take their learning outdoors. You do not need to find a live bat to enjoy this study.

What's Included

• 38-page Backyard Bat Field Guide

• FREE 10-page My Field Notes: Bats journal

• Color and ink-saving versions of both PDFs

• Printing instructions, answer guides and helpful notes for grown-ups

Inside the Field Guide

• Bat anatomy, vocabulary and echolocation

• Foods, roosts, life stages and seasonal changes

• Reading, labeling, matching and food-sorting activities

• Counting, addition, subtraction, patterns and wingspan measurement

• A paper bat craft with a printable template

• Habitat design and simple ways to help bats

For Older Explorers

Optional grades 3–6 activities include species research, comparisons, multiplication, division, a circle graph using pretend bat groups and guided essay planning and writing.

Your free My Field Notes journal gives children a place to sketch bats, record discoveries, explore questions and reflect on what they have learned. Print activity pages again as needed for your household or classroom.

Designed for parents, teachers and homeschooling families. Use the early-learning pages with adult support and choose the extension activities to suit each child.

Digital Download

You will receive a ZIP file containing four printable PDFs and a Start Here guide. There are 48 unique learning pages, supplied in both color and ink-saving editions. Print on US Letter paper at 100% size. Ink-saving covers include a blank illustration space for children to decorate, with black-and-white pages throughout the rest of the kit.

No physical product will be shipped. For one household or one classroom. Files may not be shared, redistributed or resold.