Butterfly Life Cycle Flashcard Worksheet for Kids

How to use this worksheet

Have your child cut out each of the four life cycle flashcards using child-safe scissors. Lay the cards out together and talk through what is happening at each stage, from the tiny egg to the fully grown butterfly. Ask your child to arrange the cards in the correct order, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Use the ordered cards to retell the whole life cycle story together, pointing to each stage as you describe what's happening.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Draw your own butterfly life cycle
• 2Research different types of butterflies
• 3Create a butterfly habitat
• 4Read a picture book about caterpillars turning into butterflies, like a classic hungry caterpillar story.
• 5Act out each life cycle stage with your body, curling up small as an egg and stretching wide as a butterfly.