World Bee Day Education Pack Fundraiser
In celebration of World Bee Day, the “Bee Hopeful” education team at Bee Regenerative has created a delightful nature journaling curriculum to pair with the children’s book The Thing About Bees by Shabazz Larkin, published by Readers to Eaters.
A central theme of the book is that “it is brave to try to understand the things that scare us” – and this journaling activity will help students be brave when observing living bees.
We have 25 education packs to send (book + curriculum), with a goal of raising $1,250 for our education programs.
A donation of $50 will cover the book, the curriculum, and shipping (anywhere in the US).
To send or receive the education pack – make a $50 donation here.
If you are an educator and would like to receive the education pack yourself, let us know in the comments section while making your donation.
If you would like to gift the book to a specific educator – share their name and mailing address with us while making your donation.
If you would like to simply make a $50 (or $150, or…) donation and would like for us to send the pack to an educator on our list of teachers and beekeepers who have participated in our “Kids and Bees” events – let us know and we’ll share the bee love with them!
The fundraiser will continue until we have sent out 25 education packs!
More about the Book:
A LOVE POEM FROM A FATHER TO HIS TWO SONS, AND A TRIBUTE TO THE BEES THAT POLLINATE THE FOODS WE LOVE TO EAT.
"Sometimes bees can be a bit rude.
They fly in your face and prance on your food."
And yet… without bees, we might not have strawberries for shortcakes or avocados for tacos!
Shabazz Larkin’s The Thing About Bees is a Norman Rockwell-inspired Sunday in the park, a love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat.
Children are introduced to different kinds of bees, “how not to get stung,” and how the things we fear are often things we don’t fully understand.
More about the curriculum:
The Thing About Bees Curriculum with Nature Journaling Extension
This curriculum was created for Bee Regenerative’s “Bee Hopeful” program by Tara Laidlaw and Sarah Red-Laird to be paired with The Thing About Bees, written and illustrated by Shabazz Larkin and published by Readers to Eaters.
A central theme of the book The Thing About Bees is that “it is brave to try to understand the things that scare us” – and this journaling activity will help students be brave when observing living bees.
By the end of this activity, students will be able to:
List and demonstrate strategies for staying safe around bees
Communicate observations about bees and flowers using words, pictures, and numbers
Articulate questions about bee activity
Intended Audience
Students in grades K-2
NGSS Alignment
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns, Systems and System Models
Practices of Science and Engineering: Asking Questions, Developing Models, Obtaining and Communicating Information
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
Time
40-60 minutes
Bee Regenerative’s “Bee Hopeful” program teaches kids, in a positive and engaging way, why our bees are essential to everyday life and how the kids can be bee heroes - working to conserve the things they love. Learn more at www.beeregenerative.org
Shabazz Larkin made his picture book illustration debut with Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, followed by his author/illustrator debut with A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food, both named American Library Association Notable Children’s Books. He is a multi-disciplinary artist and an advertising creative director. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons. Explore his work at SHABAZZLARKIN.COM
Readers to Eaters promotes food literacy through stories about our diverse food cultures, and partners with teachers, librarians and food system educators. Learn more and explore their other books at www.readerstoeaters.com
This curriculum project is supported by Save the Bee, a non-profit on a mission to help bees and humans thrive. Learn about their work at savethebee.org