Buzzing Bees Letter B Sensory Bin Idea

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Hey friends! Today, I want to share a fun sensory bin that’s made our ‘Letter B’ week absolutely buzzworthy. But before I dive into the fun, here are some fascinating facts about bees!

Did you know:

Bees communicate through dance! The waggle dance tells other bees where to find food.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still good!
Honeybees can recognize human faces. They remember faces much like we do!
A single honeybee will produce only about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its entire lifetime.
Bees have two pairs of wings that work together for flying, making them incredibly efficient pollinators.
There are over 20,000 species of bees worldwide! Not all bees make honey, though.
The Queen Bee can lay up to 2,000 eggs in a single day. Talk about a busy mom!
Bees see the world in different colors than we do. They can see ultraviolet light, which helps them find flowers.
An entire colony of bees can collectively weigh about the same as a car.
Honey bees play a crucial role in pollinating about one-third of the food we eat.

Armed with these fun facts, I was inspired to create a bee-themed sensory bin for my preschooler, and it was a hit! So much so that I thought others might want one too, and created a set you can purchase in my Etsy shop if you’re interested.

Our bin included 100 mini yellow pom-poms that acted like tiny bits of pollen, and some pom-pom bees that the little pollen pompoms would stick to, so it was like they were actually gathering honey, which was really fun. I also attached a pom-pom bee to wooden tongs, which was perfect for honing those fine motor skills while the “bee” gathering supplies.

We talked about the flower colors while using a wooden bowl to ‘collect nectar’ and the wooden honey dipper to pretend we were making honey, and the honeycombs were perfect for imaginative play.

And I went a little crazy with this one, and created a reusable “Honey Recipe Card” where I could put in an order of different amounts of flowers and pollen for my preschooler to collect. This was fun to work on matching, prereading skills, simple math, and fine motor skills. We took turns making and filling orders, and while I love the free play of sensory bins, I also loving being able to have extend and organized play ideas too.

I also created a set of honey comb cards that match the ideas in the bin. We could create our own honey comb with the cards, and try to match with the items and honey comb in the tray, or try to build designs based off the cards.

This was a great little bin to explore bees, play, and develop a few preschool level skills 10/10

If you’re looking for a fun sensory experience for your little ones, this was a great one to build and we’re reused it often. I’m excited to let you know that this entire bee sensory bin kit is available in my Etsy shop,(as well as options for just the printable cards and menu.) It’s been a fun way to play while enhancing fine motor skills and learning effortlessly. 🐝✨

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