Dot to Dot: Bee with a Round Body — 18 Dots for Ages 5–6
A plump, striped bee with two antennae and a cheerful face waits inside eighteen dots, with a faint dashed line to steady five- and six-year-olds all the way to 18.
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Dot to Dot: Bee with a Round Body — 18 Dots for Ages 5–6
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the bigger dot 1 at the top of the bee and head right, toward the antennae (dots 2 to 4).
- Dots 5 to 10 curve around the round front of the body and underneath it.
- On the left, dots 11 to 15 pass the tail end; 16, 17 and 18 run across the top, where curved strokes suggest the wings.
- Join 18 to 1, then color the stripes yellow and black.
What this worksheet teaches
The body is round, but every line between two dots is straight. Joining many short lines that keep turning a little in the same direction is how a child learns to make a smooth curve, a movement needed for letters such as O, C and S. The count runs through the teens to 18. Teen numbers are tricky because we say "four" first in "fourteen" but write the 1 first, so saying each number aloud before drawing helps. A bee's yellow and black stripes are a warning: many animals learn to leave striped insects alone because they can sting.
Play idea
Honeybees tell each other where flowers are with a "waggle dance". Invent your own bee dance and take 18 steps around the room, one for each dot.