BUZZ!!  BUZZ!!  Today was all about bees!  The kids have this fascinated/terrified relationship with this particular insect.....so we didn't quite know what to expect!

We spent a little extra time on the playground enjoying the sunshine.....and looking for bees.  Luckily, we didn't see any.  The kids decided that it was too hot for them!

Our book was The Beeman by Laurie Krebs.  It is the story of a beekeeper.  It talks about each one of the tools he needs while taking care of the bees, like the jacket with the hood and special gloves.  It talks about the different kinds of bees in the hive and how each one has a job to do.  The book even shows how to beekeeper gets out the honey.  LOTS of new vocabulary in this book, but a wonderfully simple way to help the children understand that bees, even though they might be scary, have a very important job.

During art we made paper plate bees.  The kids all took the parts and followed directions to make their bee look just like Ms. Ellen's sample.  Waiting is so hard.....but we talked about how you can't finish your work if you don't listen for the directions.

The highlight of the day was a sweet treat!  We did a honey taste test!  We used our senses to notice it was a thick substance with a pretty gold color.  The honey was sticky too.  BUT.....everyone took a taste and LOVED it!  We even had some kids who requested a second taste!!  We all agreed that next time we saw a bee outside, we wouldn't scream or be scared, we would say "thank you" for making honey!  We'll see if that works......