Preschool – Bees and Flowers (2026)

Introduction“Welcome” by Miss Carole
Daily ReportMonth, Date, Day, Season, Weather
ASLFlower
Book 
CountingFive Dandelions
Tune : Five Little Ducks
Five dandelions in the grass so green. (show five fingers) Little yellow flowers as pretty as you’ve seen. (make a fist) One turned to fluff, and then it blew away. (blow on finger)   Four dandelions were left that day!

Repeat.
Source: Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays by The Mailbox
Book 
Action RhymeBumble Bee Beanbag Rhyme
Bumble Bee In the Sky
Buzz your wings
And up you fly
Back and forth,
To and fro,
Up, up, up
And Away You go!
Source: Adapted from Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
Yoga MoveFlower pose
Action RhymeFlower Fun
Hand each child a flower and have them:
Jump over the flower.
Put the flower on their head.
Dance around your flower.  
Source: The Mailbox
Action RhymeBalance the Bee
Have each child balance their bee on their head and then try to walk around.
When I say “Bzzz!”  have the kids drop their bee. Repeat with a different body part.
Source: The Mailbox
Action RhymeFlight of the Bumble Bee (with streamers)
Hand each child a crepe streamer and place three different “hives” around the room. Start playing the music and have kids “fly” their bees around the room. When the music stops, kids have to find a hive, rip a piece of crepe paper, and place it in the hive.
Dance Song“I’m a Little Seed” by Miss Carole
Dance SongRing Around the Rosie by Caspar Babypants
Closing SongsABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye songSkidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

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