One thing I really enjoyed about springtime last year was our themed days (you can see what we did here – week one & week two). Since Rylie finished her Pre-K bookwork ahead of schedule, I brought the fun back for weekly themes this spring – starting with bugs & bees.
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To kick off the week & get the girls excited for what was to come, we watched Magic School Bus – Bugs, Bugs, Bugs & Bugs Life (but I also really wanted to watch The Bee Movie so we might snag that to watch ;). To accompany the fun, our snack was bugs in dirt (or chocolate pudding with sour gummy worms) 🙂 so fun & yummy!
As for learning, we did Bees – Same and Different Sorting Activity which gave the girls a chance to practice cutting on line, gluing & identifying.
We also did this “What Number Is Missing” which was great! Rylie does a wonderful job identifying 1-9 but once we get into the double digits it gets a little shaky (even though she can count high, reading them is different), so I really wanted to focus on those bigger numbers.
I rented some books from the library and they were huge hits (requested to be read multiple times a day every day). I’ve listed them below so you can snag them yourself (whether through your local library or Amazon – they’re all pretty affordable and definitely worth it!).
- Curious George. A home for honeybees
- The Honeybee Man
- Bee & me
- Little kids first big book of bugs
- The Magic School Bus presents insects
- The life and times of the honey bee
Truthfully, I really enjoyed this week. We all learned things about bees and it created constant conversation about how honey is made, what the bees outside are doing and more.
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If you’re interested in finding a toy to go along with the fun, I found this Clamp Bee to Hive Matching Game – a wooden sorting puzzle designed for 2-4 year olds.