B is for Bees

• Bee Eraser activities
1. 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, and dollar store veggie trays for sorting.
2. 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
1. You’ll need a fly swatter (we got ours from the dollar store, or discount school supply has some really cute ones too) 
2. You’ll also need some 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
1. 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.
2. We talked about bees and how they make honey…and then ate some Bit-o-Honey candy!

• Read: Swarm of Bees by Lemony Snicket and Rilla Alexander
1. Talk about emotions, particularly Anger and Calm/Happy
2. 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
1. Use perler beads to create black & yellow pattern bracelets/necklaces.
2. Use black and yellow perler beads on the peg boards to create melted bee creations.

**Find more BEE inspired preschool activities HERE!!