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MANDEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF WEST PALM BEACH
HONEYBEE: THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS MELLIFERA
HOW TO USE HONEYBEE: THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS MELLIFERA STORYTIME KIT
Use the link on the Virtual Storytime Page to watch
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera Storytime.
This page is password protected. Password has been provided by the program administrator.
After watching the storytime, use the components from the class Storytime Kits
provided by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach to:
1. Enjoy Rhyme Cards with your class.
2. Practice the Word of the Week with your class.
3. Complete this week's craft.
4. Introduce this week's Literacy Tip into your curriculum.
STORYTIME WITH MS. JIN
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera storytime is available on the Storytime Video Access page of this website. This page is password protected and accessible only to preschools participating in
the Mandel Public Library's Virtual Storytime and Kit program.
The password has been provided to you by the program coordinator.
BOOK:
HONEYBEE: THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS MELLIFERA
A tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet! Children will learn about the lives and plight of honeybees in this beautifully written and illustrated book.
RHYME: THERE IS SOMETHING IN MY GARDEN
There is something in my garden,
What can it be?
There is something in my garden that I can’t really see!
I hear funny sound…
Buzzz … Buzzz … Buzzz!
(Repeat with frog, snake, and more )
HONEYBEE: THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS WORD OF THE WEEK
Use this week's Word of the Week, BUSY, to extend your learning:
1. Say and trace each letter of this week's word.
2. Sound out the word letter–by-letter.
3. Think of other words that rhyme with busy. These can be real words
or made-up ones that are silly and non-sensical!
CRAFT
Make a Bee Finger Puppet!
Materials You Receive for Each Child:
1 Bee Body
1 Bee Head
1. Use crayons to give your bee body stripes and draw a smile on your bee head.
2. Glue the bee head onto the body.
LITERACY TIP
Nature can be a great tool for language and early literacy development. Try taking your students outside to read to make for an exciting change. Go on a scavenger hunt and have children use their descriptive vocabulary to explain what they see or make a nature journal. Even something as simple as sticks and stones can be used to form letters and numbers .By picking up and positioning the sticks they’re also building their grasping and pinching skills—
physical requisites for writing!