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Make Up Your Own Words to Old Tunes!
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Some traditional children's songs and nursery rhymes contain lyrics that do not make sense in modern times. In fact, some are even describing harsh events or attitudes from tragic moments in history.
For our bee video, we saved the sweet and simple tunes, but changed the words. You can sing along to our video or try making your own words. Whether you think you can sing or not, your baby will like hearing your voice. When you sing, your children will learn how to be creative from watching your example. Babies learn not only from you, but also from the rhythms, rhyming words, and melodies.
SING TO YOUR BABIES!
Click on the sentences below to read more details about how singing can help your baby or toddler.
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Tips for Parents
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BEE Scientific!
Young children are naturally curious and are likely to ask questions about everything, including bees. These inquisitive moments are perfect opportunities to grow vocabularies. Sometimes, parents learn along with children as they search for the answers. When answering their questions, remember that children can often handle big words, like POLLINATION, so go ahead and use scientific terms and other long words. You may be talking to a future ENTOMOLOGIST.
What is nectar?
Nectar is a sugary fluid secreted by plants. Nectar is found in flowers. Bees visit the flowers to collect nectar. They make honey from the nectar.
What is honey?
Honey is a sweet thick brown liquid that is made by bees from nectar. As bees create honey, they remove most of the moisture from it. Humans and other animals eat honey, but it is not recommended for infants under one year of age.
What is pollen?
Pollen is a yellow powdery substance that sticks to the feet and wings of bees. As they travel from flower to flower, they help pollinate flowers so the plants will grow.
NO HONEY IN THE FIRST YEAR
Because of its many benefits, honey is a valuable food and is recommended as a food by the American Academy of Pediatrics. However, the AAP recommends no honey in the first year of life due to the risk of botulism.
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Sing Along Songs
Lyrics rewritten by Elizabeth Turner
Oh Where Has
My Honey Bee Gone?
(Sung to the tune of:
Oh Where Has MyLittle Dog Gone?)
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Oh where oh where
has my honey bee gone?
Oh where oh where can he be?
I need him so
the flowers will grow
PLEASE send him home to me.
Oh where oh where
has my honey bee gone?
Oh where oh where can she be?
With nectar from
the flowers sweet
She makes the honey we eat.
If you should see
the honey bees,
Don’t scream or hide or faint.
They’re busy
making honey, Dear.
They also pollinate.
Pollinate the Flowers All Day!
(Sung to the tune of Polly Wolly Doodle)
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! Pollinate!
Sing pollinate the flowers all day.
Honey, it’s a breeze
for honey bees
To pollinate the flowers all day!
Oh! Pollen is a sticky thing.
It sticks to wings and feet.
And rides on bees to other flowers
Where nectar is so sweet.
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E i e i oh!
And on this farm he had a HIVE
E i e i oh!
Here a BUZZ! There a BUZZ!
Everywhere there was a BUZZ!.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E i e i oh!
I'm Bringing Home a Honey Bee!
(Sung to the tune of:
Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee)
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A bee’s a tiny creature, very small,
Yet he’s so important to us all.
He pollinates the plants
we need to eat
And he makes the honey
very sweet.
So when you see a bee,
you need to know
He cannot read or write,
but he helps the veggies grow
We need the pollinators in our lives
And we love sweet honey
from the hives.
I’m bringing home a busy honey bee
Won’t the bee keeper
be so pleased with me?
I’m bringing home a busy honey bee
See him buzzing
round the honey comb.