Spring is in the air and that means the sun is shining, the weather is warming up and the flowers are blooming.
Of course, that also means that the bumble bees are buzzing around, which makes this the perfect time to start building out a fun bees preschool theme for your students!
These adorable little insects create so many learning opportunities and can help you work on everything from letters and numbers to shapes and patterns with your preschoolers!
And on this page, we’ve compiled all of our favorite bee activities to help you put together a fantastic bee theme for your preschool classroom!
Like the rest of our preschool themes, this preschool bee theme is packed full of bee printables, crafts, activities working on those fine motor skills, and so much more!
So, whether you’re teaching your own young children in your own homeschool or you’ve got a classroom full of toddlers, preschoolers, or even kindergarten students, you’ll find plenty of fun themed activities on this page to plan an amazing bees preschool theme that your little learners are never going to forget!
Planning Out Your Bees Preschool Theme
Looking to make planning out your bees preschool theme easier than ever? Grab our free printable preschool lesson planning templates and scroll on down through the bee themed ideas below!
Bees Preschool Theme Activities
We’ve taken the time to organize all of our bee themed activities by subject/skill to make planning out your next springtime bumble bee theme as easy as possible!
Bee Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
Working on learning the uppercase letters of the alphabet?
Grab some construction paper and turn the uppercase letter B into a bumblebee that’ll fit perfectly into your bees preschool theme!
Build those literacy skills and work on all 26 letters of the alphabet with these printable cards!
Match the cards on their own or toss them into a bee themed sensory bin and have your students search for the matching letter!
Bee Math Activities for Preschoolers
Help the bees find the missing pieces of their honey comb!
Work on number recognition, number order, and even scissor skills with this printable missing number activity!
Build those one-to-one correspondence skills with this bumblebee counting activity!
Your preschoolers will also get the chance to work on counting and number recognition skills at the same time!
Want to work on counting from one to twenty?
These count and clip cards can help you do just that while also helping you celebrate these tiny creatures of spring!
Perfect for quiet time or even for practicing how to take turns in small groups!
Count the bees and match the numbers on the honey comb to the correct beehives!
Turn your little worker bees into beekeepers with these fun printable cards!
Just grab some bee shaped mini erasers and get counting!
Bee Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers
Teaching your kids about the job of the honey bee?
They’re going to have a blast transferring the pollen from the flower to the hive just like the bees do and they’ll get an excellent fine motor workout at the same time!
Tracing is such a fun way to work on those pre-writing skills!
Paired with a few dry erase markers, these adorable bumblebee tracing strips are perfect for spring and would make a great addition to your lesson plans!
Bee Crafts for Preschoolers
Build up a stash of egg cartons that you’ve saved specifically for crafts?
This egg carton bee craft is the perfect way to use them! Just add some black stripes and some pipe cleaners for the antenna and you’ve got yourself a bee!
Change things up a bit and try your hand at painting with bubble wrap!
It creates the perfect textured look for a fun beehive craft that your preschoolers are going to love!