Although we’re confident you’ll love the B.E.E. Kids Box, we’ll gladly cancel your subscription.

A parent guide is included in the B.E.E. Kids Box, to help you understand how to reinforce the Scholar Skills™, but the boxes are self-paced. Most children can complete the activities independently.

The B.E.E. Kid’s Box focuses on the acquisition of Scholar Skills.  Each box has a specific targeted Scholar Skill and additional focus is placed on the acquisition of character benchmarks and S.T.E.A.M. standards. Our boxes are broken down into 4 Core Skills Sets and are sequentially shipped as follows:

Core Skills Set 1:
Box 1 (Multiple Intelligence)
Box 2 (Problem Solving)
Box 3 (Growth Mindset)

Core Skills Set 2:
Box 4 (Learning Styles)
Box 5 (Collaborative Groups)
Box 6 (Time and Task Management)

Core Skills Set 3: 
Box 7 (Goal Setting)
Box 8 (Diversity and Inclusion)
Box 9 (Classroom Success)

Core Skills Set 4:   
Box 10 (Study Techniques)
Box 11 (Conflict Resolution)
Box 12 (Communication)

We’re all born with unique gifts and aptitudes, but executive function, character and emotional intelligence CAN be improved. According to the National Center for Education Research, these skills are malleable, which means they can change.

Strong academic skills are essential, but research informs us that time management, goal-setting, problem-solving, and an understanding of one’s strengths and learning styles are closely tied to educational outcomes. These and other Scholar Skills™, including emotional intelligence, are the building blocks of achievement.

Our product was initially designed for students ages 8 – 12 year olds. However, we’ve had children as young as 5 years old and adults alike purchase and use the box for these essential skills.

Brilliant, Educated, Empowered. Since 2004, the B.E.E. Kids Academy has helped students, parents, and administrators develop the character, traits, and values that empower ALL students to reach their potential. Read more about us.

The B.E.E. Kid’s box are toolboxes of learning, disguised as fun. Every other month, your child will receive their very own, individually –curated box that targets a different executive function skill, like goal– setting, problem -solving, or study habits.
Each Box includes:
• A beautifully- illustrated book featuring characters learning about and applying the target skill.
• Activities and games personally chosen for your child. These provide fun, while practicing 21st Century skills.
• Brain teasers and puzzles that encourage intellectual curiosity and persistence

Our research has found that these boxes are packed with so many value-added items that children can hardly get through them all in one month. We’ve opted to give children extra time to work through the materials to fully understand and begin to apply the target skills.

Our founder is Shakir McDonald but everyone calls her “Queen B.E.E.”. Shakir is a mom of 2 amazing kiddos, wife to one pretty cool dude and became “Queen B.E.E” to 1000’s of youth in her nearly 20 years in education. Shakir’s journey began in the classroom where she taught 4th-6th grade. She left the classroom because she began to see the need to support youth after school. Shakir then started The B.E.E. Academy an afterschool Tutoring and Academic Coaching program to help youth realize their BRILLIANCE through EDUCATION and EMPOWERED them to be successful in school and in life. The B.E.E. Academy thrived for nearly 2 decades and still serves student onsite and online.

The B.E.E. Academy was developed to uplift other people’s children but, The B.E.E. Kid’s box was created to uplift her own child. Shakir lovingly jokes that she “has a daughter who rarely saw a bad grade and my son who rarely saw a good one”. However, It was her son’s academic challenges that made the mom in her spring into action. Shakir knew that her son was brilliant and had lots of great qualities. She also knew that when he “got out of school”, that he would be fine, but she didn’t know how to bridge the gap to ensure he was “Future Ready”. Shakir set out to find out what skills he’d need “after school” to be successful. This is where she learned about “Soft Skills” or non-cognitive skills essential for success that we came to call “Scholar Skills”. This was life changing!

Shakir realized that if she could teach these skills to her son, he’d have more success in school and likely after school as well. So, she developed a series of children’s books, one for each Scholar Skills with characters based on her children and other children that she’d worked with that were all brilliant but all either had thoughts, habits, character or skills gaps that prevented them from soaring.

After years of developing this model with children in and out of school she developed a proven, evidence based model that develops the Scholar Skills essential for lifelong success.