A little sneak peek into our 4 year olds’ discussion over a fallen honeycomb

Our Cubs have been curious over honeybees ever since they spotted a bee flying into their class one day during their regular Circle Time in the morning. Another day they saw a honeycomb itself where their fascination grew even bigger,

An: Maybe they are having a team game!
T: It looks like they are having a group hug.

This conversation went on about why the bees could be staying together all the time and such. A few days later, the comb fell off and it was taken upstairs for the children to see, and a little bit of that wonder got captured, and is documented below.  Initially, they were very sad to see the comb having fallen down, wondering why the comb fell down, where will the bees go, where did the honey go, why are there so many ants on it, how do they make their home, and such. This exploration is going to last a lifetime, a layer of learning added each time they discuss, explore and observe together!

Please note: As the interest grew, children were taken to a honey factory near by where they got to see the worker bees, how honey is taken out from the comb and processed, packaged and labelled. Their learning did not stop there, it continues. And here are SM, we are all learners for the lifetime!

Contributed by Sruthy Krishna, Learning Facilitator at Sparkling Mindz Global Preschool.

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