Koala Life Cycle Worksheet: Cut and Paste Matching Activity
This worksheet introduces children ages 3-5 to the life cycle of a koala, from a tiny newborn called a joey that lives in its mother's pouch to a fully grown adult, while practicing scissor and gluing skills. Learning that koala joeys start out riding on their mother's back adds a memorable, specific detail that makes the science concept stick.
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Lifecycles Activity Book & Flashcards for Preschool & Early Elementary
This is page 21 of the pack. Ages 3-8 · Preschool–Grade 2Ages 3-8 · Nursery–Year 3Ages 3-8 · Nursery–Class 2Ages 3-8
Curriculum
- Living Things - Animals > Animal Life Cycles
How to use this worksheet
Cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the page, keeping them close by. Look at each stage box on the worksheet and talk about what a newborn koala joey, a growing joey, and an adult koala each look like. Have your child match each cut-out picture to its correct life-stage box and glue it into place. Once complete, review the whole sequence together from newborn to adult.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Draw your own koala life cycle from joey to adult.
- 2Research other animals that carry their young in a pouch, like kangaroos.
- 3Compare how koala joeys are cared for versus how human babies are cared for.
- 4Make a koala craft using gray paper and cotton balls for fur.
- 5Look up what koalas eat and act out munching on eucalyptus leaves.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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