It’s all about honey bees this week in our nature study! We started our lesson with a few good books and learned about the life cycle, the types of bees and their jobs, and how they make honey. Then looked at their anatomy, completed a life cycle worksheet, practiced line work and reviewed letters.

We also played a counting game I created. You can either use dice or just choose a number and then your child adds that amount of bees to the hive. You can download this for free along with a letter activity from my Honey Bee Unit! Just visit graystardesign.com/homeschool. Bees are pretty awesome and we can’t wait to learn more

• Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen
• The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner
• Anatomy print by @stephhathawaydesigns
• Life cycle worksheet by @hudson_academy
• Line work sheet by @wanderandwonder.studio
• BEE worksheet by Twisty Noodle and E dab & dot worksheet by @superstarworksheets
• Hive Counting by yours truly

Trying to have an easy morning over here so I kept our lesson pretty short. We looked at various butterflies and moths, reviewed the anatomy, practiced letters/shapes/numbers, and completed a sticker activity in our bug book. I haven’t been feeling well so the rest of the day we are taking it easy. Happy Friday everyone.

• Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
• Know and Glow Insects And Bugs Sticker Activity Book
• Butterfly Unit (anatomy print) by @stephhathawaydesigns
• Booklet by Insect Lore
• Letter worksheets by This Reading Mama and Teachers Pay Teachers
• Shape worksheets by @morningstogether

I decided to keep studying butterflies this week so here we are. After reading a beautiful book about the flowers they like we reviewed letters & counting, did some line work (I traced the wings) & coloring, and learned about the anatomy. We also added a few pretty kite paper butterflies to our windows.

• Butterflies in the Garden by Carol Lerner
• Butterfly Unit (anatomy print) by @stephhathawaydesigns
• Color by number and tracing worksheets by Twisty Noodle

We had a chill butterfly lesson this morning and Elliot was happy Daddy sat with us. First, we read a fun book (he loves Crinkleroot) and learned a little more about moths and how they are different from butterflies. Then we reviewed the letter B and counting, played a butterfly matching game, completed a life cycle worksheet, and had a color sesh. We have a lazy rainy weekend ahead and I am looking forward to resting for sure.

• Crinkleroot’s Guide to Butterflies & Moths by Jim Arnosky
• The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer
• Butterfly Unit (life cycle sheet) by @stephhathawaydesigns
• Butterfly matching by @hudson_academy
• Insect Lore Booklet (counting)
• Letter B worksheet by therelaxedhomeschool.com