World Bee Day / Bee Waggle Dance Game
Bee Waggle Dance Game
Children act as bees and communicate the location of hidden 'flowers' to their hive using only a waggle dance.
How to run it
- Explain how honey bees use a waggle dance to show where food is.
- Hide paper flowers around the yard.
- A scout bee finds a flower and returns to dance directions to the hive without talking.
- The hive follows the dance to find the flower, then a new scout takes a turn.
You will need
- paper flowers or cones
Make it easier or harderYounger children can follow simple pointing moves; older children can invent a dance code.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4, Outcome 5Communicating without words builds understanding of animal behaviour and non-verbal communication.
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