Lifecycle Circle Book: Cut and Paste Worksheet
This worksheet gives children ages 3-5 practice matching pictures to the correct stage of an animal's life cycle while assembling a hands-on circular book. Beyond sequencing, the rotating format helps children internalize that growth is a continuous, repeating process rather than a fixed line from start to finish.
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Lifecycles Activity Book & Flashcards for Preschool & Early Elementary
This is page 42 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
Look at the pictures with your child and talk through what each one shows before any cutting begins. Have them cut out the circles and match each picture to the correct stage as you name it together. Glue the circles in the right rotating order to build the lifecycle book, checking as you go that no stage is out of place. When finished, let your child use the assembled book to retell the animal's story in their own words.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Draw your own version of the animal's life cycle on blank paper before or after using the worksheet.
- 2Research a different animal's life cycle online or in a book and compare it to this one.
- 3Use the finished circle book as a puppet show prop to act out the animal's growth story.
- 4Sort picture cards of baby and adult animals into matching pairs as a follow-up game.
- 5Make a simple time-lapse drawing showing the animal changing across four boxes.
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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