Ladybug Lifecycle Circle Book Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Help your child cut out each circle carefully, since curved cutting is trickier than straight lines at this age. Guide them to identify and name each life cycle stage before gluing the circles together in the correct rotating order. Once assembled, let them spin or flip through the circle book while narrating the ladybug's journey from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Add color to each stage with crayons to make the stages easier to tell apart.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Go on a backyard bug hunt to look for real ladybugs, larvae, or aphids they might be eating.
• 2Research other insect life cycles, like ants or bees, and compare them to the ladybug's.
• 3Draw and label the different stages of the ladybug's life cycle on a separate sheet.
• 4Build a small ladybug habitat in a jar with leaves and observe it for a few days before releasing any bugs found.
• 5Count and compare the number of spots on pictures of different ladybugs.