Title: The Beehive
Here is the beehive (show fist)
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch as they come out of their hive-
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (show fingers)
They're alive! Bzzzzzzzz (Wiggle fingers)
Five Busy Bees
Five little busy bees on a day so sunny (Hold up all fingers in
one hand)
Number one said, "I'd like to make some honey". (Bend down first finger)
Number two said, "Tell me, where shall it be?". (Bend down second finger)
Number three said, "In the old honey tree". (Bend down third finger)
Number four said, "Let's gather pollen sweet". (Bend down fourth finger)
Number five said, "Let's take it on our feet".
Humming their busy little honey bee song.
LARGE BEEHIVE
Submitted by Staci
I am starting a unit on insects next week and will be focusing on
bees and their various jobs within the hive. I was thinking
of making a giant bee hive for the kids to play in. This is
my thought, to take a large cardboard box(like from a tv or such)
and hot glue gun in a ton of egg cartons with the open part facing
up. When the children crawled in it would look like a hive???? They
could use some of the bee art project props to play bees with. I
think the kids will get a kick out of it.
BEEHIVE BB
Submitted by AJ
I have the children paint 6 egg carton cups that are pre-cut a sort
of honey color.
Then they cut oak tag into hexagons and glue their cups on. Each child
then
creates a bee and sticks it on with a pipecleaner so it can "fly" around the
hive. Lastly, all the children put their "hives" together to create one
large "hive" bulletin board.
TWO BIG BEEHIVES
Two big beehives (hold out 2 fists)
Closed up tight,
Protecting sleeping bees (rest head on hands)
All through the night.
When the morning sun (make circle with arms overhead)
Shows its light,
Ten little bees (hold up 2 fists)
Take to flight. (open hands and wiggle fingers)
BALLOON BEES
Submitted by Lisa
Yellow ballons decorated with black strips of construction paper
and heart shaped wings would make a good bumble bee.
HUNTING NECTAR
Submitted by Vickie
Materials:
Wrapped candy (5-10 per player)
Bags or Bug Catchers
Directions:
Hide the candy before the hunt starts. Tell the children that they
are pretend bees hunting for nectar (candy). Tell them how many pieces
they can search for, find and put in their bag. Once they have found
ten candies, he/she can help someone, if they need help.
HEY BEE
Looked up in the sky, and what did I see
but 5 little bees buzzin' by me
I said "Hey bees, Hey bees
what are you doing?",
"We don't know but we gotta keep movin'"
Looked up in the sky, and what did I see
but 4 little bees buzzin' by me
I said "Hey bees, Hey bees
what are you doing?",
"We don't know but we gotta keep movin'"
Looked up in the sky, and what did I see
but 3 little bees buzzin' by me
I said "Hey bees, Hey bees
what are you doing?",
"We don't know but we gotta keep movin'"
Looked up in the sky, and what did I see
but 2 little bees buzzin' by me
I said "Hey bees, Hey bees
what are you doing?",
"We don't know but we gotta keep movin'"
Looked up in the sky, and what did I see
but 1 little bee buzzin' by me
I said "Hey bee, Hey bee
what are you doing?",
"We don't know but I gotta keep movin'"
BEES
POTATO BEE Use a potato half as a stamp to make a "bee body". Add
the
stripes, antenae, faces, etc. after the paint is dry.
BEE SONGS
Let's Sing: Do you like to Buzz?
(Do your ears hang low)
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?
A BEE IS ON ME
A bee is on my bonnet
A bee is on my nose,
A bee is on my shoulder
A bee is even on my toes.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
This bee is bugging me.
Help me! Help me!
How can I be free?
A bee is in my hair
A bee is in my pants,
A bee is in my ears
A bee is making me dance.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
This bee is bugging me.
Help me! Help me!
How can I be free?
The bee is near my socks
The bee is near my shoes,
SPLAT!
Bee, I know how to take care of you!
Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee
(jingle bells)
Bumblebee, bumblebee,
landing on my toes.
Bumblebee, bumblebee now he's on my nose.
On my arms, on my legs, on my elbows.
Bumblebee, oh bumblebee he lands and then he goes.
Baby Bumblebee
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me, (Cup hands together as if holding
bee)
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,
Ouch! It stung me! (Shake hands as if just stung)
I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me, ('Squish' bee between palms of hands)
I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,
Ooh! It's yucky! (Open up hands to look at 'mess')
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mommy be so proud of me, (Wipe hands off on shirt)
I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,
Now my mommy won't be mad at me! (Hold hands up to show they are clean)
HIVES AND HONEY
Have all the kids line up on one side of the play area (in doors or
out) and instruct them they are trying to get from the flowers with
their honey to the other side of the play area where the "hive" is. Choose
one child to be the "Queen" bee and that child will stand in the
middle between the bees and the hive. The "Queens job is to
catch as many bees as she can to stay with her, before they get to
the hive. After a bee is caught it must stay with the queen
bee and help her catch the other bees. The bees just keep going
back and forth across the play area until all the bees are caught. A
new queen bee is chosen and you play again! (AKA Ships, British
Bulldog, Hen and Chicks, etc.)
Five Busy Bees
Five little busy bees on a day so sunny (Hold up all fingers in one
hand)
Number one said, "I'd like to make some honey". (Bend down first finger)
Number two said, "Tell me, where shall it be?". (Bend down second finger)
Number three said, "In the old honey tree". (Bend down third finger)
Number four said, "Let's gather pollen sweet". (Bend down fourth finger)
Number five said, "Let's take it on our feet".
Humming their busy little honey bee song.
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