Bee Activities for Preschoolers
Bee activities for preschoolers! Find crafts, printables, book lists, and more. Come discover what the buzz is all about!
Spring and summer are the perfect months to do a little study on bees with your little ones. Teach them about the life cycle of a honey bee, do bee crafts with them, read books about bees, and much more!
This growing list of honey bee preschool activities is a great place to start your search for bee-themed preschool fun!
Bee Activities for Preschoolers
Bees are an important part of nature. They pollinate our plants and flowers. And, they’re fascinating creatures.
You can use these activities to help your kids learn more about bees and how they help our world.
Bee Crafts for Kids
Planning a bee themed unit for your young learners? This preschool bee craft is perfect! With just a few supplies, your kids can make a fun beehive craft.
Fly on over and check out these adorable crafts featuring bees for kids. They’re perfect for spring and summer crafting sessions.
This printable bee craft for preschoolers is so cute! It is super simple to make, and it’s sure to inspire hours of imaginative play.
Planning a bee themed unit for your young learners? This preschool bee craft is perfect! With just a few supplies, your kids can make a fun beehive craft.
This preschool bumble bee craft is perfect for spring and summer! And, it’s a great way to have kids practice their scissor skills.
These tissue paper bees are so cute, and they’re great for helping preschoolers polish fine motor skills. Add them to your spring and summer craft list.
This spring, let your kids create this fun painted rocks Easy Bee Craft! There are so many ways you can use them in your preschool lessons!
This adorable toilet paper roll bee craft for preschool is a fun hands-on activity for preschoolers to create when you study bees this spring.
No matter which one of these paper plate bees you choose, your preschooler will love it! These are perfect for spring and summer crafting sessions.
There’s nothing easier than turning an old cardboard tube into an adorable craft. These toilet paper roll bees are no exception! Perfect for kids of all ages.
This beehive craft for preschoolers is simply adorable! Fingerprint bees add to the playfulness of this paper craft that’s perfect for spring and summer.
Life Cycle of a Bee for Kids
Honey bees for kids! Get ready to learn this this spring and summer with these fun, hands-on honey bee life cycle activities for preschoolers.
It’s so much fun to learn about bees with these worksheets that teach the life cycle of a honey bee for kids. Perfect for spring and summer learning!
This spring, teach your kids about the life cycle of a bee. This printable honey bee life cycle diagram is a great visual aid for preschoolers.
This parts of a bee preschool worksheet is perfect for your life cycle, insect, and general bee-themed preschool activities this spring and summer.
This printable life cycle of a bee for preschoolers pack features fifteen engaging activities that are perfect for preschoolers, pre-k, and kindergarteners.
After teaching your preschoolers about bees, let them put together this bee life cycle sequencing necklace that will help them retell how a bee grows.
Practice sequencing with this set of worksheets that teaches the bee life cycle for kids. They’re perfect for preschool and kindergarten!
This honey bees life cycle game is a great way for preschoolers to learn through play. This is a great review tool for kids.
Free Bee Printables
Explore this wonderful collection of free preschool bee themed printables that focus on math, science, and literacy. There’s even a fun craft template for your little ones.
What happens when a greedy bee eats too much? Find out in The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman! Then, print out this book companion which contains follow up activities for preschoolers.
These honey bee math activities for preschoolers are perfect for your springtime homeschool lessons. Focus on counting, adding, and number identification with these printable pages.
What’s the buzz? This bee-themed alphabet match is just one of many letter matching games you can add to your homeschool preschool lessons this spring!
This free preschool honey bee math worksheet pack will have young learners buzzing about numbers, counting, and more! Perfect for spring and summer math!
Use these activity pages to teach the life cycle of a bee for kids. This set includes four activity pages that highlight all four stages of a bee’s life.
Children’s Books About Bees
9 of our favorite bee books for toddlers! Engage your little ones this spring and summer with this great collection of board books featuring bees.
Preschoolers are sponges ready to soak up new things all the time. So, teach them about bees with these nonfiction picture books about bees.
Fill your spring and summer book basket with this wonderful collection of fiction books about bees. They’re perfect for young readers!
Spring has sprung! Celebrate spring with a basket full of picture books about bees! Here are 15 of our favorites to get you started.
Check out this list of easy reader bee books for kindergarten! Short sentences and large print help kids practice reading with their favorite bee stories!
Preschoolers are sponges ready to soak up new things all the time. Teach them about bees with these nonfiction books about bees.
Fun Bee Activities
Do you have a preschooler fascinated by bees? They’re a fascinating insect to study. So spend a day learning about them with these bee activities for preschoolers!
Engaging, hands-on activities exploring bees for kids! Kids will love learning about honey bees with these fun facts and hands-on activities.
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT BEES
Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about bees. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
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Bee & Me – A little girl befriends a bee that takes her on a journey of discovery, revealing an action that every child can take to aid in conservation.
The Honeybee Man – Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: “Good morning, my bees, my darlings!”
His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed babies, and make wax rooms. They also forage in flowers abloom across Brooklyn… so that, one day, Fred can make his famous honey, something the entire neighborhood looks forward to tasting.
The Life and Times of the Honeybee – Why do beekeepers use smoke machines when collecting honey? Can a bee really sting only once? Why do bees “dance”?
In concise, detailed text and abundant illustrations that range from the humorous to the scientific, Charles Micucci offers a wide-ranging and spirited introduction to the life cycle, social organization, and history of one of the world’s most useful insects.
Teaching Resources
This beautiful wooden honey bee puzzle let’s the child explore the wonderful world of honey bees.
You can add some plush bumblebee toys to your imaginative play area for kids to act out their favorite bee stories.
This collection of bee resources is full of my favorite things for teaching preschoolers about bees.
This printable bee craft for preschoolers is so cute! It is super simple to make, and it’s sure to inspire hours of imaginative play.
Spring and summer are the perfect time to learn about bees and this bee life cycle playdough mat is perfect for your unit.
As always, if you’re looking for more bee-themed activities to round out your unit, leave me a comment. I’ll add it to my growing list of ideas.