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It's the time of year that all of those bees are coming around! They are trying to find water on all of those beautiful plants. It's a great time to explain what bees do and how important they are in our lives even if they can be pesky. Busy Bee Songs!  Buzzing Bees! Bees, Bees, Bees, Bees Buzzing in bushes and buzzing in trees Buzzing around, wherever they please There's nothing so sweet As sweet as a honey bee. A Bee is Buzzing Around the Room A bee is buzzing round the room, Buzz buzz, buzz buzz. A bee is buzzing round the room, Buzz buzz, buzz buzz. He'll buzz around the room once more, And then he'll buzz right out the door. And we'll all be glad when He is gone once more. Bee Hive Here is the bee hive (hold fist together) But where are all the bees (hold up hands) Hiding away where nobody sees Here they came creeping out of the hive 1,2,3,4,5 (Hold up fingers one at a time) Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (You can also use both hands and have 10 bees.) Do You Like To Buzz? Do you like to buzz. Are you covered all in fuzz? Do you call a hive a home In the garden where you roam? Do you know how to make honey, Are your stripes a little funny? Do you like to buzz? Bee Activities! Bee Math This is a good project for teaching kids numbers and number order. Create your bee from construction paper and cut out numbers. Have the children identify what the number is and what order it goes in.
 Paper Plate Bumble Bee Materials Needed: Paper plate Paint (yellow and black) Construction paper (black and red) Paper (white) Pipe cleaners (black) Scissors Glue Paint brush Paint tray Wiggly eyes Directions: Allow the children to paint the paper plate yellow, allow it to dry. Once dry, allow the children to cut their paper plate in half. Allow them to paint black stripes on their yellow bee bodies, allow it to dry. Using the black construction paper, cut it in circles for the eyes. Using the red construction paper, cut it in a crescent shape for the mouth. Using the white paper, cut it in ovals for the wings. Twist the pipe cleaners into arches for antennae. Glue on all of the pieces, allow to dry. Bee Snack Use pineapple, apple, blueberries, and chocolate chips to create a bee snack. 
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It's been hot out! Here are some great activities to do with children with water in mind. Be sure to monitor them and provide appropriate materials for each age group.  Infant Water Play Materials Needed: Cookie sheet Water Water Toys Directions: Fill the cookie sheet with a small amount of water. Place the water toys on the cookie sheet of water. Place the infant in front of the cookie sheet on tummy time or sitting up. Sit next to them to observe and talk about the water. Mixing Bowl Water Play Water play is a great sensory activity. Fill mixing bowls with water and provide children with egg beaters, whisks, and mixing spoons. You can also add glitter, ice, bits of paper, food coloring or a few drips of dish soap. This activity allows them to explore the scientific qualities of the objects in the water. They will see that when you mix the red water with the blue water it turns purple, they may also notice that you can not undo what they have done. But when they mix the pieces of paper into the purple water they can still extract the paper. This will help them learn that everything will react in a different way as well as the qualities that cause them to react the way they do. Water Xylophone Here is what you will need: Glasses, water, food coloring, spoon. 1. Fill your glasses with different amounts of water. 2. Put several drops of food coloring into each glass. 3. Using the back of the spoon have your children gently tap the top of each glass. 4. Have your children "play" different songs, like "Twinkle, Twinkle" or "Jingle Bells".
Water Song
Water for the flowers. Water for the trees. Water for the birds. Water for the bees. Water for the rivers, and water for the seas. Water for the world, and water for me. Camping is a great summer time activity. It's not very often that some children even get to go camping. Why not make it fun at school for them to "camp"? There are so many ideas to make it fun! Here are a few that we've found! Be sure to let us know how the children liked them! Camping Songs! A-Camping We Will Go (tune: Farmer in the Dell) A-camping we will go, A-camping we will go, Hi-ho and off we go, A-camping we will go. More Verses: First we pitch our tent Next we chop some wood We light the campfire now We cook our dinner now We tell fun stories now It's time to go to sleep I'm Going Camping! (tune: Twinkle Twinkle) I'm going camping, yes sirree! I'm going camping, won't you come with me? First we'll pitch our tent on the ground, Then make a fire as we all gather round. I'm going camping, yes sirree! I'm going camping, won't you come with me? Next we'll cook on the open fire, Then till stories till we all get tired. When the stars are twinkling bright, We'll sleep in our tents 'til the morning light. I'm going camping, yes sirree! I'm going camping, won't you come with me? When we see the morning sun, We'll wake right up 'cause the day's begun. There's so much that we can do -- Fishing, swimming, hiking, too. I'm going camping, yes sirree! I'm going camping, won't you come with me?  Our Hiking Song (tune: I've Been Working on the Railroad) I'm a first grade explorer Exploring every day. I'm a first grade explorer, And I have a dream today. When I'm working or I'm playing And pretending what I'll be, I'm a first grade explorer, Exploring to be me! Camping Crafts!  Pine Cone Painting Materials Needed: Pine cones Paint Paper Directions: Allow the children to play around with their pine cones in the paint and create a masterpiece.  Forest Noise Maker Materials Needed: Forked stick Materials to decorate (paint, string, etc.) Bells Beads Pipe cleaners Directions: Allow the children to decorate their sticks however they would like. Show them how to string their beads and bells on to the pipe cleaners. Attach the pipe cleaners around the forked part of their stick. Show them how to shake it around and make some great music.  Forest Impression Stamping
Materials Needed: Play dough Pine cones Sticks Leaves Rocks Directions: Allow the children to push their choice of nature items into the play dough and look at the impressions that it makes. |
