Life Cycle of a Butterfly Craft
After teaching your preschoolers about butterflies, let them assemble this simple life cycle of a butterfly craft.
They’ll love using this life cycle sequencing necklace to retell how a butterfly changes and grows.
This simple life cycle craft is part of a larger life cycle of a butterfly printable that is jam-packed with activities to help you teach how butterflies grow.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Craft
Teaching preschoolers about life cycles is a good way to help them understand their world. It’s also the perfect way to help them connect to nature.
After teaching your preschoolers about the life cycle of a butterfly, use resources that reinforce what you’ve taught. You can provide access to plastic butterfly models and life cycle puzzles as visual aids.
You should also give them an opportunity to tell others what they’ve learned. One fun way to do this is to have them make this life cycle sequencing necklace.
Print out one necklace page for each child. Have them color the necklace charms and cut them out. Now, have them put those charms in order to correlate with the four stages of a butterfly’s life.
See if they can remember the names of each stage as they put the pieces in order.
Provide a piece of string or yarn large enough to fit around their neck loosely. You want it loose enough for it to slip over their head when tied and not be a choking hazard.
Demonstrate to kids how to fold the tab over the yarn and tape the flap on the back of each charm. Continue until all four charms are strung in the correct order.
Now, let them wear their necklace for the day and tell anyone they meet what they’ve learned about the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Spring and summer are the best time of year to study butterflies. This printable features nine life cycle of a butterfly activities for early learners.
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