Preschoolers Learn About Bees

Since it's the bees that bring us the honey for Rosh Hashana, our four-year-old class, the Blue Room, has been studying bees.

For example, the class discussed bee anatomy. The children learned the three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen. They also learned that the bee has two pairs of wings, six legs, two antennae and proboscis. After the discussion each of them captured their knowledge on paper by drawing, using symbolic language.

 

The children also fashioned their own bee sculptures using model clay: