Free Bee Themed Preschool Lesson Plans
Buzzing bees are a fun and fascinating topic for free bee preschool lesson plans, making them a perfect addition to spring preschool themes. Preschoolers love learning about these tiny pollinators through hands-on activities, songs, and simple science experiments.
These bee lesson plans are packed with engaging learning opportunities. Bee activities help children build observation skills, learn about nature, and develop an appreciation for the important role bees play in our world. Ready to see all our favorite bee activities?
Spring is the season of blooming flowers, warm sunshine, and of course—buzzing bees! That’s why bee preschool lesson plans are a wonderful way to introduce little learners to nature as part of spring preschool themes.
Bees are fascinating creatures, and preschoolers love learning how they make honey, pollinate flowers, and work together in a hive. Through these hands-on activities, fun songs, and simple science experiments, children explore the busy world of bees in a way that feels playful and exciting.
These lesson plans are packed with sixteen bee activities that encourage curiosity, movement, and creativity while teaching preschoolers about the natural world. With engaging lessons and interactive play in literacy, math, science, and art, these lesson plans are a buzzing good time! And, they’re free, too!
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Bee Activities for Preschool Lesson Plans
Fun-filled and exciting bee-themed activities for your preschoolers! We’ve put together over 16 different activity ideas, sure to make your bee theme ‘buzz-worthy’!
Literacy Activities for a Bee Preschool Theme
Feed the Bee Alphabet Activity – This fun bee themed letter identification and sound activity is so engaging and captures interest quickly. The game can be played two different ways, first match the alphabet cards and find the matching letter. Or draw a card and match the beginning sound to a honeycomb.
Life Cycle of a Bee Tracing Practice – This is the perfect pre-writing/writing activity for preschoolers to develop their fine motor strength and prepare their pencil grasp for writing with a pencil. After printing the life cycle mats, invite your preschooler to use playdough and roll the dough out to match the cycle cards. Then invite the child to trace the words on each card. After all the cards have been traced and used with playdough, invite your preschooler to arrange them in the order of a bee’s life cycle.
Children’s Books about Bees
One of the best ways to teach preschoolers about a new theme is by choosing high-quality literature! This is a list of books that we love using with a bee theme. Click the covers below for more details!
- Tanglao, Francheska (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 24 Pages – 06/02/2020 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
- Reads, Animal (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 76 Pages – 08/06/2022 (Publication Date) – Admore Publishing (Publisher)
- Kelley, Gerald (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 09/15/2021 (Publication Date) – Albert Whitman & Company (Publisher)
- Marsh, Laura (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 01/12/2016 (Publication Date) – National Geographic Kids (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- Hall, Kirsten (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
Math and Science Activities for a Bee Theme in Preschool
Bumble Bee Counting Cards – Build number recognition and number sense with this fun activity counting bees! Use bee mini erasers or use yellow or black pom poms for little bee counters.
Making 10 Puzzles – These clever beehive counting and adding puzzles help preschoolers see various ways to build the number ten. Use manipulatives for even more counting support.
Build a Mason Bee Habitat – This important project helps save the bees who need our help and invites preschoolers to be involved in the building of this important bee ”hive”. Using a tin can, string, and bamboo, you can make a home for the mason bees in your area.
Learning Activities for Bee Preschool Lesson Plans
Create a Bee Picture Book – Invite your preschooler to draw different versions of a bee. Add bees in the hive for even more detailed art and discuss how to add a background and draw the hexagonal shape of the honeycomb.
Hot and Cold Scavenger Hunt – Hide a number of items around the classroom or home, indoors or out. Give your preschooler a list of items and then tell them when they are hot (close) and when they are cold (far away). Use different ways to say the temperatures, like freezing, icy, hot as lava, burning up, etc.
Act Out Your Favorite Books – Use clothes and accessories from around the house or classroom to dress up as the characters from your favorite children’s books, and act out the stories.
Social-Emotional Activities for a Bee Theme
Showing Gratitude – Go to YouTube and listen to the story, The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman. After reading, discuss the word greedy with your preschooler. Work together to come up with relevant examples of being greedy that would apply to your preschooler. Ask, “Did you notice how the greedy bee turned that greed into gratitude/thanks at the end? What made him become less greedy?”
Bumblebee Breathing to Regulate – It’s so essential for young children to learn different strategies to cope with overstimulation, frustration, anger, or even excitement. In this activity, children will learn ‘bumblebee breathing’. To begin, practice sitting comfortably and closing your eyes. Focus on listening to your breathing. Then, cover your ears to close off outside noise. Breathe out through your mouth saying, “Bzzzzzzzz” for as long as you can. Repeat until your body is calm and relaxed. This strategy can be used at any time and adapted to fit your preschooler’s needs.
Fun Bee Activities for Preschoolers
Bumble Bee Movement & Song Activity – Using a funnel, fill a yellow balloon with flour and tie it off. Add black stripes with a permanent marker. Invite your preschooler to sing along to the baby bumblebee song and squeeze and play with it along with the movements. Don’t forget to pretend to be bees! These bumblebee preschool activities build fine motor and it’s so fun
Bee Paper Craft – This simple and adorable bee craft is easy for preschoolers to create and add on movable wings for extra interest.
Painted Rock Bee Art Project – Head outside and choose a rock! Get creative and paint on those yellow and black stripes to make a painted rocks that look like bees.
Online Activities for a Bee Preschool Theme
Online Story – Go to YouTube and listen to the story The Honeybee by Kristen Hall. After watching, go back to some of those busy pages that review how the nectar gets made into honey. Invite your preschooler to ask questions about the process and why honeybees are in danger and read some additional books about bees together.
Here is the Beehive – This preschool-friendly song helps young children learn positional words and number sense concepts.
Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz) – This popular bumblebee song is great for gross motor movement and will soon be a kid favorite!
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FAQ About a Bees Preschool Theme
You may have a few questions about teaching this preschool theme! Check out these frequently asked questions for how to teach your preschoolers about bees.
Learning about bees will provide you with some very interesting facts! Did you know bees have five eyes? And they can fly up to 15 miles per hour? Even more fascinating… one pound of honey is made by 2 million flower visits!
Bees are full of life lessons. One important aspect of a bee colony is that every bee works together. The worker bees, drones, and queens each have their own important role in the colony and teamwork is essential.
A springtime insect theme is a great time to learn about bees and other bugs. Learning about flowers and pollination and how gardens grow ties in nicely with your bee-themed activities, too!
Bee Themed Toys for the Classroom
Sometimes (not always), what turns a great preschool theme into an exceptional one is having some extra special materials specific to that theme. These are some of the bees toys and activity kits I like to use with my preschoolers.
- WHAT YOU GET – 16PCS Realistic Flowers Bee Plant Preschool Educational Set,including 8PCS a variety…
- HIGH QUALITY- These parts are made of great ABS, which is healthy, strong and not easily damaged….
- COLORED AND VIVID – Since every detail is painted Carefully, we can see every detail that is…
- Fun Logic Game: There are 4 single wooden bee modules for activities, and four groups of…
- Montessori toys for 3 years old and up: Very interesting Montessori game with rich colors, which can…
- Preschool educational toys: Puzzle for kid, perschool classroom must haves, It is suitable for…
- 【Fine Motor Color Sorting Toys】 Bee -shaped color sorting toys that classify colors by squeezing…
- 【Learning Through Play】Sensory toys for toddlers is designed according to the concept of…
- 【Safe & Durable Materials】Sensory fidget toys are made of soft materials, gel,and rubber beads…
- 🐝【 PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TOY 】 Perfect montessori preschool sensory wooden toys game to…
- 🐝【 EXCELLENT QUALITY 】 The bees and the hive is made from high quality wood and designed to…
- 🐝【 PERFECTLY SAFE 】 Your child’s safety is our priority concern, this toy is all made from…
- Buzzing with Preschool Skills: Kids count, sort, and spin these friendly bees on the wobbling flower…
- Pieces Store Inside: When playtime is done for the day, all pieces of this educational toy store…
- A Smart Way to Go Green: Each piece in the Blooming Balance Bees Fine Motor Sorting Set it’s a…
I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.