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Home » Montessori » Bee Activity for Kids with Book

Bee Activity for Kids with Book

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We read the sweetest children’s book recently called UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings. The poems together told a truly lovely story of the various players in a bee colony. The poems draw in adults as well as children. Bees really are fascinating critters! Not only was the book a nice read, it was very informative and inspiring.

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Did you know Bee colonies are in danger? Yup. It is a big deal because we need bees for a few reasons but especially for pollination of other plants. They carry the sustenance of plant life on their bodies as they fly from plant to plant drinking nectar.

To continue the thinking and learning about these amazing insects and the topic of their “homes being in danger”, we did a very simple beehive hands-on activity.

Materials Needed for the Bee Activity for Kids

  • bubble wrap
  • yellow paint
  • plate for paint
  • paper of your choice
  • painters tape (optional)

 

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Steps Taken in the Bee Activity for Kids

  • Layout paper & tape down with painters tape
  • I taped the bubble wrap into a glove so my boys could slip their hands into it
  • Put paint on a plate and encourage your child to make a handprint with the bubble wrap & paint onto the paper
  • Allow time for your beehive to dry

 

beehivehandprint

The result is a lovely beehive.

beebubblewrap

Thanks for visiting!
Marnie

Tagged With: Holidays, Reading and Writing, Seasons

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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