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Home » Activities » Life Cycle of the Honey Bee – Story Sequence Cards

Life Cycle of the Honey Bee – Story Sequence Cards

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A great pre-reading activity is the use of story sequence cards. I am completing a unit on Honeybees. I created Lifecycle of a Honeybee story sequence cards. I had to share them with you, of course!  

By Susulyka (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

By Susulyka (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Thank you to Nasa for the lovely Lifecycle of a Honeybee illustration. I printed out the below image, cut into four sections, mounted on card stock and laminated. Below is a brief overview of the material. {Please do not reproduce and sell any material using this image. Thank you!}

life-cycle-of-a-bee

Life Cycle of a Honeybee Story Sequence Cards

The purpose of this material is to present a sequence of action in a story and offer an opportunity to think analytically and, in this case, scientifically about the life cycle of a honey bee. In this four-part Story Sequence Card set, the story of bee development is captured in stages beginning with “Egg,” “Larva,” “Pupa,” and “Adult.” Each piece of laminated cardstock displays an image representing the beginning, middle and end of a young bee’s life cycle into adulthood. In this process, children follow the order of the cards to show how bees grow in size and form in the course of a four-card lesson. This work encourages children to build on their senses or order, concentration, visual discrimination, and sequencing skills; improves their coordination and fosters independent work ethic.

A great concrete material to include with this lesson is Safari’s Lifecycle of a Honeybee replica:

Safari’s Life Cycle of a Honey Bee Model

Have fun! Leave a comment with your ideas.
Marnie

Tagged With: Life Cycle Crafts, Reading and Writing

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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