Last week the pre-schoolers found a bee in the garden who had got wet in our water tray, the children were so excited to see the bee and showed care and concern to rescue it from the water tray and learn how to look after it.
This week following our interest in this the children in preschool have been learning all about Bees this week, we have busy learning about their different body parts and talking about why bees are SO important.
We have also been getting crafty and creative using our fine motor skills and imagination to draw, paint and explore making our own bee pictures, models and creations. We also used threading needles to make our own bee pictures by threading.
We made yellow playdough with different black items such as buttons to construct our own bees, we played the honey bear circle game to practice turn taking and explored a sand tray with other mini beasts!
Some of us have even worn yellow and bee themed clothes to nursery!
Fun Bee Facts:
Honey was found in the tombs in Egypt and it was still edible!
It only takes about 1 ounce of honey to fuel a bee to fly around the world!
Every 3rd mouthful of food is produced by bees pollinating crops
Bees depend on flowers spring, summer and Autumn, be sure to include nectar sources for all seasons in your garden!
