Bees

Swarm of Bees by Lemony Snicket & Rilla Alexander – At first I was getting bored with the storyline but enjoying the pictures very much. I have always heard the illustrations are very important for a children’s book and this book is that example to me. The students might get restless in the middle of the book but keep entertaining them with the pictures. (I want to make note I read to 3 and four year olds.) The end of the book gives away the meaning of the story by the action words; angry bees are now warm and cozy, calm. Also the next page is “It can feel good to be angry, and it can feel better to stop.
Here is the Beehive Bee Sting
(Not sure who wrote this poem.) By Vicky Manning
Here is the beehive. Here’s a bee on my nose
Where are the bees? Here’s a bee on my toes
Hidden away where nobody sees? Here’s a bee on my knee
Here they come creeping Here’s the bee that stung me!
Out of the hive
1,2,3,4,5, Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Busy little Bee
By Vicky Manning
Busy little bee
Crawling up my sleeve
Please don’t sting me!
Making Honey
By Vicky Manning
Bee to clover
Bee to flower
Bee to honeycomb
Honey to my home!

Fingerprint Bee
Let the students use their fingerprints to color up the bee. Have fun!