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

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