Insect life cycle sequencing crafts bundle - butterfly, ladybug/ladybird, dragonfly, honey bee

Teach or review the stages of insect life cycles with these foldable sequencing activities. This bundled resource has differentiated cut-and-paste templates for 4 common insect life cycles - a butterfly, ladybug, dragonfly, and honeybee.

These cute bug activities are ideal for interactive science notebooks, lapbooks, and science centers.

Benefits of these activities:

• Low prep
• Children learn about life cycles in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet.
• Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding.
• Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing.
• Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity.
• Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children.

Options for students include:

• Color the insect, match the life cycle stages to the picture, cut out the template and fold.
• Color the insect and its life cycle stages, cut out and sequence the stages, glue them onto the template, cut and fold.

Are the PDFs editable?

No, these resources are not editable. US and UK versions of each file are included.