Baby Bumble Bee Song: Activities and Lessons

Well isn’t this the perfect song to teach kids NOT to pick up a baby bumble bee LOL. This is another childhood favorite. Kids and adults alike love the Baby Bumble Bee Song. And, this song is packed with lots of educational lessons including the fact that bees sting. Below you will find learning objectives, lessons and activities you can do to encourage reading a literacy in your classroom.

Lesson Objectives

• Students will be able to identify the letter B and its corresponding sound.
• Students will be able to recognize and identify rhyming words in the text.
• Students will be able to answer comprehension questions and make predictions.
• Students will be able to relate this song to real world problems.
• Students will be able to identify alliteration.
• Students will be able to understand how to read from left to right.

Lessons and Activities

There are so many ways you can make this song both fun and educational. Here are some lessons and activities you can do along with the song.

1. Point out the letter B in the song and talk about the sound it makes. Take a walk around the school or outside to find other things that start with the letter B like the baby bumble bee.
2. Practice writing and identifying the letter B with these letter B worksheets.
3. Incorporate science and further enhance the letter B sound with this Paper Cup Bumble Bee Craft.
4. Identify all the rhyming words in the song. Talk about how they have the same ending sound. Create a rhyming word sort.
5. Ask comprehension questions such as what do you think the mommy would think about lickin’ up a bumble bee? Relate the song to the kids by asking if they have ever been stung by a bee.
6. Talk about alliteration and how baby bumble bee is an alliteration. Have students come up with an alliteration with their name such as silly sally sang a song.
7. Sing the song then give each child a copy of the song to read along with. Once children have memorized the song, have them read it to you individually. Reading a song they already know encourages word memorization and confidence.

Words For The Baby Bumble Bee Song

Here are the words to the nursery rhyme Baby Bumble Bee.

I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee –

OUCH! It stung me!

I’m squishin’ up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m squishin’ up my baby bumble bee –

EW! What a mess!

I’m lickin’ up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m lickin’ up my baby bumble bee –

ICK! I feel sick!

I’m barfin’ up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m barfin’ up my baby bumble bee –

OH! What a mess!

I’m wipin’ up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m wipin’ up my baby bumble bee –

OOPS! Mommy’s new towel!

I’m wringin’ out my baby bumble bee

Won’t my Mommy be so proud of me

I’m wringing out my baby bumble bee –

Bye-Bye baby bumble bee!

Download The Baby Bumble Bee Printable