A Learning Bee is spending Halloween playing Set. This Bee looks like she is hot on the trail of a set.

Darth Vader versus a Purple Crayon. Looks like the Crayon isn't going to win this one.












A teal crayon. There was a full set running around.

The Witches are up to something. If someone turns into a frog, we definitely have some suspects.

Wolfman is getting ready to pounce. Supergirl and a Learning Bee better watch out!

Two witches are taking a break from potion-brewing and spell-casting.













The Learning Bee "Bumble Pup" was a big hit. Supergirl loves puppies!

What we have here is a very creative Halloween costume. What is it? A lobster? Sushi? Santa Clause? Good question!

Do you know what calm looks like? It's this. This is what calm looks like.

Who me? I'm just working on some things. What kind of things?

Important things. You... you wouldn't understand. Nothing personal, but I gotta get back to work, ok?

We're a fun bunch. So fun we turned into comic book characters!

We call him "The Grin". Watch out!

You lookin' at me? I asked, are you lookin' at me?

I am shocked, shocked I say. Newton discovered Calculus? No, my friend, it was Newton and Leibniz.

Would I eat my fingers if they were butter? Only after I learned how to do everything with my feet.

Muhu-hahahahaha.

Hmmm. Hmmm. Muhu-hahahahaha!

Gah! Gahahahaha! I'm mad, mad with power.

Back to School

Back to school! Start with the basics: colored pencils and a sketch of yourself for the wall.

First, finish all of our homework. Second, see if we still remember how to draw a picture that we can hang on the board. We all figured it out eventually.

















Here's a new teacher making cut-outs. Have you ever traced your hand before? Well in 5th grade they trace their entire body.
















Some of them looked a little bit strange. The funny looking ones required a little bit of touching-up before we could finish the project.
















Look at this hat! It's bee-lightful! It took a long time to make them but this kind of style is worth it.

Whoosh! We're back with another Daily Buzz. Today we're going to take a look at an architecture lesson put together by some Learning Bee students. Are you ready?

Here we go!

Step 1: Find fabric, chairs and tables.

Step 2: Put the sheets on the tables and chairs.

Step 3: Presto! It's a fort.

Step 4: Smile!

It's the ultimate hide and seek technique!

Of course, we have to wait until everyone is done with their activities before we claim the tables for this. It wouldn't be very secret if someone was doing work on top of it.

Thanks for stopping by, and see you again soon!

First Grade and Kindergarten are here to welcome you to another edition of the Daily Buzz.

Here we are starting our morning camp activities. Looks like it's going to be another sunny day!











"Daily Buzz, I have a question."
"Yes, thank you for raising your hand."
"May we have a great sunshiny day?"
"Yes. Absolutely!"

Sounds like a plan to us- just don't forget to eat a healthy lunch and drink plenty of water!







It was desert diorama day, how delightful. After desert day we added an ocean on ocean day. Living in California means we live close to all sorts of ecosystems, including some of the hottest, driest deserts in the world.










It's the desert of the day! Wow, awesome job!

Hope we don't get lost in that one without sunscreen and a bottle of water. If it gets too hot in the desert we can always go take a dip in the ocean next door.

Thanks for stopping by for another Daily Buzz. See you soon!

Hi everyone! We wanted to buzz by with another Summer update.

We've been learning a whole bunch about chess this Summer. We're learning how to get out of a pickle here. King to L-B!








"Does anyone know how to get check in 3 moves?" he asked. We wanted to go for a Sicilian Gambit but we learned a different way this time.











Dodgeball. It's a game of skill, endurance and lighting reflexes. We also learned the most important rule in the game- don't get hit!

Morning sports camp is helping us get in shape and ready to conquer the next school year.

Wednesday, June 14, 2010

Hi. How ya doin? I'm doing alright...



Just kidding! I'm doing awesome! We made kaleidoscopes today. We're here getting started by picking out the colors we want inside the tube.



Here, follow along with us. First thing, get yourself beads, a tube and wax paper.








Ok. See those beads? Put em in the tubes. These guys have the right idea.










The triangle of reflective powers, the secret of the kaleidoscope- behold!













Mr. B looks excited by the kaleidoscope he made. He told us he was even more excited to watch us use ours. In fact it we were so excited that we...
















... struck a pose!

Hope you liked this edition of The Daily Buzz. We'll be back soon with more updates about what is going on at the Learning Bee.

See you soon!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Hey! Look what we found: basketball camp!

Today we started by lining up. It was hot, but Our teachers told us to warm up and get ready to play.







Well, Ms. Toughstuff runs the show but she has some help from her 3 enthusiastic volunteers.


Time to get to work!








Whew, there we go. We did drills to improve our speed and coordination. It was a little exhausting but all the teachers worked hard and sweated as much as us.










Check out the Minnie Mouse Hat. Pretty stylish, I think. And perfect for the weather. We lined up in a biiiiiiig loop and took turns practicing our bounce passes. We learned a lot of different passes, though.










We also practiced arm passes and catches. It took a long time to get the hang of learning all these new tricks.











Whew! What a workout. We learned a whole bunch of important techniques and we're going to put our skills to the test in a game. Keep your antenna tuned to The Daily Buzz for all your Learning Bee Summer updates!