Life Cycle Stages Worksheet: Identify and Sequence!

How to use this worksheet

Look at each picture on the page individually and name what stage it shows: egg, baby, or adult, for example. Ask your child which picture they think comes first in the life cycle and why, encouraging them to explain their reasoning. Have them write the number 1 next to the first stage, then continue numbering each picture in growing order through to the final stage. Once numbered, read back through the sequence together to check it makes sense.

Materials needed

• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Draw your own life cycle for an animal or plant of your choice.
• 2Research a life cycle not shown on the worksheet, like a butterfly's.
• 3Cut the pictures apart and physically reorder them before numbering.
• 4Create a simple timeline poster showing a chosen life cycle stage by stage.
• 5Quiz each other by describing a stage and guessing which number it is.