Bumble Bees

This morning there were flowers in the touch and feel pool. We smelled them, counted the petals and looked for the pollen in the middle. There were black and yellow pom poms in the pool and we pretended those were bumble bees. During morning circle we reviewed the letters were have been talking about...B, D, H, L, S and T.

Our story today was "Grumbly Bee" by Kyle Mewburn. Grumbly Glib was always late. He never managed to fill his socks with pollen...until he found a secret garden in the city filled with flowers. One night while Glib was away in his secret garden, a terrible frost wiped out the other garden and the poor bees were in trouble because they couldn't get enough to eat. Glib saved the day and showed the bees where to find his secret garden. After reading the story we made a chart of things bees have and can do. Bees have 6 legs, 2 antennae, 2 wings, and a stinger. They can fly, make honey, fill their socks with pollen and sting.

Ms. Gretchen and friends were here today for music. We sang all about insects! The kids identified different insects in a modified version of Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me while playing egg shakers. We also sang Busy Bumblebee and the kids each had a turn to shake the bumble bee shaker and walk around the circle. We sang an insect song and took turns using the boomwackers. Ms. Gretchen taught us In the Spring Time to the tune of "In the Jungle" from Lion King. We put different insects inside our bug catcher as we sang the song.

For art today we made a bumble bee. In the morning the kids made the bee body using their hand. We painted their hands black and yellow to create the body of the bee and let it dry. Once we glued the body to the paper we added a head and wings. The kids drew 6 legs onto the bee body. We added 2 antennae and 2 eyes. Then the kids wrote the word bee on their paper.

Tomorrow we are going to continue to talk about bees, pollen and honey. We will also play board games and have show and tell!