Featuring our $5 Honeybee Sensory Table Printable Pack
This week’s theme is all about sweet learning! “H is for Honeybee” gives toddlers and preschoolers a chance to explore nature, color sorting, and early literacy while learning about one of the most important insects on Earth. Our Honeybee Sensory Table Printable Pack transforms your IKEA Flisat table into a buzzing bee station.
🛒 What’s in the $5 Honeybee Printable Pack
The Honeybee Sensory Table Printable Pack includes:
A pastel yellow and honeycomb-patterned awning, banner, flag, and bee-themed signs like “H is for Honeybee” and “Busy Bees at Work”
2–3 printable worksheets: letter H tracing, honeycomb color sorting, and “Parts of a Bee” vocabulary sheet
Designed for IKEA Flisat sensory tables but adaptable to any bin-based setup
🧰 Materials You’ll Need
Honeybee Printable Pack from the shop
IKEA Flisat table or any sensory bin
Sensory base: yellow rice, dried corn, split peas, or chickpeas
Wooden or plastic bees, honeycomb shapes, felt flowers
Small scoops, jars, tongs, or hexagon containers
Optional: clear tubes or bottles for “nectar” transfer
Laminated worksheets or dry-erase sleeves
🍯 How to Set Up Your Honeybee Sensory Bin
Decorate your Flisat table with the honeycomb awning, bee flag, and “H is for Honeybee” sign.
Fill the bin with a golden yellow sensory base.
Add pretend bees, flowers, and honeycomb shapes for scooping and sorting.
Include the “Parts of a Bee” vocabulary page and letter H tracing sheet.
Create mini honey collection stations using scoops and clear jars.
Let your child scoop, sort, buzz, and explore like a little pollinator!
🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group
6–12 mo: Sensory exploration with color and texture
1–2 yrs: Color recognition, scooping practice
2–3 yrs: Object sorting, simple environmental words
3–4 yrs: Letter E tracing, recycling concepts, vocabulary
4–5 yrs: Classifying recyclables, early writing, Earth-friendly storytelling
💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide
Don’t forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You’ll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.
💡 Tips to Extend the Activity
Read The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall or Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton
Paint egg cartons yellow and stack them into a honeycomb
Create a felt flower garden for pollination pretend play
Sing “I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee”
Make bee puppets out of paper tubes or craft sticks
📚 Related Activities
Color Sorting: Pollen Collection Game
Bee Life Cycle Matching Cards
Honeycomb Shape Building Mats
🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for “Honeybee” Theme
honeybee, hive, honey, hexagon, harvest, hum, flower, nectar, pollen, petal, buzz, black, yellow, wing, sting, fly, guard bee, queen bee, worker bee, drone, bee dance, garden, honeycomb, jar, letter H
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