- Bee Eraser activities
- First, use Bee erasers in a sensory bin (a container filled with rice, oatmeal, beans, sand, etc for playing with and searching through), for the preschoolers to find and sort (write a capital B on some and a lowercase B on others).
***We used tweezers to pinch them out, anddollar store veggie trays for sorting. - After they find and sort them by Capital B and lowercase B you can do lots of fun activities with them:
- Stack them the matching B or b
- Lay out patterns with the B and b’s (ie: BBbBBb…)
- Make shape outlines by lining up the bee erasers
- Wap-a-Bee
- You’ll need a fly swatter (we got ours from the dollar store, or discount school supply has some really cute ones too)
- You’ll also needsome paper bees with numbers 1-6 on them (or 2-12 if you use 2 dice). You can lay them on the floor, the table, or tape them on the wall!
- Roll a die/dice. Count the dots. Wap that bee with the fly swatter.
- Tanagram Bee Hives
- We used hexagons from our tanagram set and shaped them together to make a “bee hive”
- Discuss hexagons, count the sides.
- Make hexagons using the red trapezoids (talk about trapezoids too!)
- Play with the tanagrams, let them explore and create! **patterns are always a must.
- Talk about emotions, particularly Anger and Calm/Happy
- Art Project (like in the book). You’ll need:
- Q-tips
- Black or White paper (depending on if they want to make angry bees or calm bees)
- Black and yellow paint
***Dip the q-tips in the paint and make little dots of color on the paper. The bees are suppose to be dots, just like in the book.
- Perler Beads – Bee patterns
- Use perler beads to create black & yellow pattern bracelets/necklaces.
- Use black and yellow perler beads on the peg boards to create melted bee creations.
**Find more BEE inspired preschool activities HERE!!