Honey A Gift from Nature by Yumiko Fujiwara
Illustrated by Hideko Ise
Honey a Gift from Nature follows a little girl and her father who is a bee keeper. She joins her father for a fun day at work collecting honey and beeswax. Her father explains how honey tastes different depending on the season. Follow her and her father as they collect honey.
Illustrated by Hideko Ise
Honey a Gift from Nature follows a little girl and her father who is a bee keeper. She joins her father for a fun day at work collecting honey and beeswax. Her father explains how honey tastes different depending on the season. Follow her and her father as they collect honey.
Activities related to the book:
Remembering - What does the bee keeper use to keep the bees from stinging him? Answer: He uses smoke and protective clothing.
Understanding - Students will identify why honey tastes different during each season. Answer: The honey tastes different depending on the flowers blooming in each season and the flower's nectar.
Applying - Students will draw an open minded portrait of the bee keeper in the story. On the thinking pages students will draw or write his thoughts while he is collecting honey from the honeybees. (50 Literacy Strategies by Gail Tompkins)
Analyzing - The students will examine the flowers that bloom during each season and determine the different flavors of honey that will be created from the different flower's nectar. For example, in the winter, chestnut's bloom and provide us with chestnut flavored honey. In the summer, apple trees bloom and provide us with apple flavored honey. In the fall, thistle's bloom and provide us with thistle flavored honey. In the spring, buckwheat blooms and provides us with buckwheat flavored honey.
Evaluating - Students will argue whether they believe beekeepers should or shouldn't collect honey and beeswax. The students must use details from the text to support their argument.
Creating - Students will create a short documentary on the process of making honey. The students will act out each stage of the process. The students will be worker bees and collect nectar. The students will place the nectar into the honeycombs of the hive. Then they will buzz around and remove the water from the nectar in the hive.
Remembering - What does the bee keeper use to keep the bees from stinging him? Answer: He uses smoke and protective clothing.
Understanding - Students will identify why honey tastes different during each season. Answer: The honey tastes different depending on the flowers blooming in each season and the flower's nectar.
Applying - Students will draw an open minded portrait of the bee keeper in the story. On the thinking pages students will draw or write his thoughts while he is collecting honey from the honeybees. (50 Literacy Strategies by Gail Tompkins)
Analyzing - The students will examine the flowers that bloom during each season and determine the different flavors of honey that will be created from the different flower's nectar. For example, in the winter, chestnut's bloom and provide us with chestnut flavored honey. In the summer, apple trees bloom and provide us with apple flavored honey. In the fall, thistle's bloom and provide us with thistle flavored honey. In the spring, buckwheat blooms and provides us with buckwheat flavored honey.
Evaluating - Students will argue whether they believe beekeepers should or shouldn't collect honey and beeswax. The students must use details from the text to support their argument.
Creating - Students will create a short documentary on the process of making honey. The students will act out each stage of the process. The students will be worker bees and collect nectar. The students will place the nectar into the honeycombs of the hive. Then they will buzz around and remove the water from the nectar in the hive.