Presentation: Pre-K and Kindergarten Conference 2025

We Can't Help Pollen in Love: Helping Students Cultivate a Passion for Pollinators

Learn about connecting pollinator-themed activities to real-world actions students can do that can improve conditions for pollinators to thrive. Lessons, activities, background information on pollinators, and a hive full of book recommendations will be shared in this interactive presentation.

presented by: Lee Deal

Lessons and Activities:

Parts of a Flower
Powder-Powered Pollination
Throw & Grow
Apple Chain
Build a Bee Hotel
Bag Butterfly
Butterfly Life Cycle

Other Resources:

All IAITC Pollinator Lessons
All Pollinator Ag Mags and Readers
All IAITC Facts for Little Readers

Ag-Accurate Book Recommendations:

Native Pollinators: Bees
Native Pollinators: Bees
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Ten Little Caterpillars
Ten Little Caterpillars
It is Time: The Life of a Caterpillar
It is Time: The Life of a Caterpillar
Bee Dance
Bee Dance
Beehive
Beehive
What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?
What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?
What's Inside a Flower?
What's Inside a Flower?
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Give Bees a Chance
Give Bees a Chance
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
The Honeybee
The Honeybee
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
The Thing About Bees
The Thing About Bees
Begin with a Bee
Begin with a Bee
My Oh My a Butterfly
My Oh My a Butterfly
The Buzzy Bee Book for Kids
The Buzzy Bee Book for Kids
Please Please the Bees
Please Please the Bees
Butterflies Are Pretty... Gross!
Butterflies Are Pretty... Gross!
The Honey Makers
The Honey Makers
The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies
The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies
A Swarm of Bees
A Swarm of Bees
A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies
A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

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