Be a Bee

"This was extremely great for the students to get an opportunity to pretend and visualize what bugs’ functions are."
– Izola Cain-Moore, Kindergarten Teacher

Workshop Overview: The Be A Bee workshop occurs in our Big Backyard exhibit, designed to spark children’s imagination and sense of wonder in an oversized, urban garden. By taking on a bee persona and trying out different jobs that bees do, students will learn why working together is so important. Dramatic play, creative movement and science all meet in this imaginative and hands-on workshop.

Grade Level: Age 3-Kindergarten

Illinois State Learning Standards: State and Early Childhood Goals: 1, 4, 5, 11A, 12B, 19, 21

Workshop Goals and Objectives:
Students will:

• Participate together in exploration inside the BIG Backyard exhibit.
• Observe an oversized garden from a bug’s eye-view.
• Be introduced to new scientific vocabulary.
• Explore and manipulate unique materials.
• Try out different bee jobs, like gathering nectar and building honeycomb.
• Make connections between a bee’s body and the kind of work it can do.
• Through cooperative play, learn how bees work together.
• Enjoy moving and wiggling as they imitate and invent bee dances.

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