Today we read two different stories about Bumble Bees and how busy they are.  One of the books explained that  bumble bees are really small in size compared to the work that they do.  I tried to make the comparison to my own little bees....I explained to them that they may be small but they can do big things....like being a good student at preschool.  I guess this was NOT a good comparison because they all told me they were NOT little anymore...Babies are little!!  I guess they told me!   After I was put in my place we moved on to our Bee craft.  The students had to color, cut and paste.  Sounds easy, huh??  Well trust me it is not...especially our second week of school but they did GREAT!!  I was so proud of them.  It is amazing how quickly they learn!  Everyone tried their best and didn't give up and that was the big lesson I was trying to teach today.  Even when things seem tough we need to be Busy Bees!!  We learned the correct way to hold our scissors. (fingers on the bottom, thumb on top, open wide and chop, chop chop)  Please review scissor rules at home....We do not cut hair or clothes.  Scissors are for cutting paper only.  We also worked on the proper way to use our glue sticks. YES...there is a proper way!! ;)  We have to give our glue sticks a tiny twist being careful not to twist too much...and when we are finished we have to twist it back down and give the cap a click!  We even practiced listening for the click!!  Then we had to practice following directions, putting our hands in our laps and keeping our eyes on Mrs. Manning.  See what I mean....not easy...because it takes forever to get through one little craft!!  The students glued Honey Combs cereal pieces on a beehive...well, I think they ate way more than they actually glued on their projects!! :)  As you can see, they worked a lot on their fine motor skills.  We also worked on our Busy Bee Preschool book and talked about all of the things we will do through out the year.  
Snack time was a big hit today!!  Gabriella and her mommy made the cutest Busy Bee juice boxes ever!!  They also brought yummy flower cookies with a little bee on top.  Gabby passed out yellow napkins for her flowers to sit on.  She was so proud!!  Check out the shirt she wore to school today!!!  ADORABLE!!  I want that in my size! :)