🐝 Resources for Your Bizzy Bees Session
Simple ideas, ready‑made activities, and everything you need to lead with confidence.
This page is here to make your session planning easy. Whether you’re choosing a theme, setting up activities, or preparing something at home, you’ll find inspiration and ready‑to‑use ideas below.
🌼 1. Theme Ideas
Choose a simple theme to guide your songs, story, and activities. Children love repetition and clear concepts.
Popular themes:
- All About Me
- Bees
- My Five Senses
- Australian Animals
- Farm Animals
- Dinosaurs
- Space
- Colours
- Ocean Creaters
- Feelings/Emotions
- Seasons
- Nature
- Australian Bush
- Transport
- Music & Movement
- Shapes
- Weather
- Farm
- Under the Sea
- Space
- Feelings
- Insects
- Favourite Books
- Body/Movements
- Toilet/Washing Hands
- Transport
- Food
✂️ 2. Ready‑Made Activity Ideas
These activities are simple, hands‑on, and easy for parents to support.
You can choose 2–3 for your table activity time.
Craft Ideas
- Paper plate animals
- Collage (shapes, colours, nature)
- Threading beads or pasta
- Sticker scenes
- Simple cutting practice
- Theme‑based gluing craft
- Ocean Fish Paper Plate Craft (example)
Fine Motor Activities
- Playdough with cutters
- Peg matching
- Colour sorting bowls
- Pom‑pom scooping
- Tweezers and tongs activities
- Bead threading
- Lacing cards
Sensory Play
- Rice or pasta trays
- Water play (warm weather only)
- Nature tray (leaves, sticks, stones)
- Kinetic sand
- Sensory bottles
You can press & download easy, low-prep worksheets, below.
📚 3. Storybook Suggestions
Choose a book that matches your theme or simply one children love.
Classroom book list:
- Happy Farters Day!
- Happy Fathers Day
- I Love My Daddy
- My Body, My Rules
- Big Book Of Bugs
- The Big Book Of The Blue
- Shapes
- Day & Night
- Let’s Go Baby!
- We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
- Happiness Is…
- It’s Not My Bottom! On The Farm
- TRACTOR
- Once I Heard a Little Wombat
- 1-10 Aussie Counting Book
- The Very Hungry Cattipilar
- Boss of Your Own Body
- Dinosaur Roar
- The Rainforest
- Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
- Farm Animals
- Body
- How Do I feel
- EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! Vehicles to the Rescue
- Ingenious Insects
- My Enormous Book of Colours
- Jinormous Jack
Short, repetitive books work beautifully for this age group.
🎵 4. Songs & Rhymes
These are perfect for mat time and help children settle into the session.
Hello Songs
- “Hello, hello, and how are you?”
- “Hello, my name is…”
Action Songs
- “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
- “Open, Shut Them”
- “Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
- “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Theme Songs
- “Baby Shark” (Under the Sea)
- “Old MacDonald” (Farm)
- “Wheels on the Bus” (Transport)
🧰 5. Materials Available On Site
Everything below is already in the Bizzy Bees classroom and ready for you to use.
Craft Supplies
- Paper plates
- Glue sticks
- Scissors
- Crayons & markers
- Pom‑poms
- Googly eyes
- Stickers
- Coloured paper
- Collage trays
Toys & Learning Materials
- Blocks
- Puzzles
- Counting bears
- Shape sorters
- Cars & animals
- Play kitchen items
Books & Flashcards
- Storybooks
- Colour cards
- Number cards
- Shape cards
Sensory Materials
- Rice
- Pasta
- Sand
- Water tubs
- Funnels, scoops, cups
🧰 5. Resources Gallery:
Swipe through on mobile or click on the arrows to view gallery on desktop.
🏡 6. Preparing Activities at Home
Some activities need a little prep before the day — printing, cutting, or gathering materials.
Examples:
- Printing a craft template
- Cutting shapes for collage
- Preparing a sample craft
- Bringing a paper plate
- Gathering googly eyes, sequins, or stickers
Keep it simple — children enjoy the process more than the final product.
💛 7. Need Inspiration?
If you’re unsure what to choose, pick:
- one craft
- one fine motor activity
- one sensory tray
That’s more than enough for a beautiful session.
And remember — you’re never doing this alone. Other parents and volunteers are always happy to help.
Bizzy Bees Pre-Kindy Program 
