Animal life cycle worksheet for children to learn and complete with cut-and-paste activities.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have three life cycles to complete: butterfly, chicken (bird), and frog.
At the bottom, there are 5 cut-out pictures we can use:
- Caterpillar
- Chick
- Butterfly
- Tadpole with legs (froglet)
- Egg in nest

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Life Cycle #1: Butterfly

We already have:
→ Leaf with eggs → [blank] → Chrysalis → [blank]

Butterfly life cycle is:
Egg → Larva (caterpillar) → Pupa (chrysalis) → Adult (butterfly)

So:
- First blank after leaf with eggs = Caterpillar
- Last blank after chrysalis = Butterfly

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Life Cycle #2: Chicken (Bird)

We already have:
→ [blank] → Egg with chick inside → [blank] → Adult hen

Chicken life cycle is:
Egg (laid) → Embryo develops → Chick hatches → Grows into adult

Looking at the options:
- The first box should be the egg before it’s laid or just an egg — but we don’t have a plain egg. Wait — we have “egg in nest” which fits as the starting point.
Actually, looking again: the second box shows an egg with a chick forming inside — that’s development stage. So first box must be the egg being laid or sitting in nest.

Wait — let’s think logically:

The sequence given is:
[Box 1] → [Egg with embryo] → [Box 3] → [Adult hen]

That means:
Box 1 = Egg (before embryo forms? Or maybe the egg is laid first) — actually, in most diagrams, they start with the egg.

But here, the second box already has the developing chick inside the egg. So Box 1 might be the egg just laid — but we don’t have that exact image. We DO have “egg in nest” — that could go in Box 1.

Then Box 3 would be the chick that just hatched — which we have: “Chick”

So:
- Box 1 = Egg in nest
- Box 3 = Chick

Yes! That makes sense:
Egg in nest → Egg with developing chick → Chick hatched → Adult hen

Perfect.

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Life Cycle #3: Frog

We already have:
→ Eggs (in water) → Tadpole → [blank] → Adult frog

Frog life cycle:
Eggs → Tadpole → Tadpole with legs (froglet) → Adult frog

We have the picture of “tadpole with legs” — that’s the froglet stage.

So the missing box = Tadpole with legs (froglet)

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Now let’s assign the cut-outs correctly:

Cut-outs available:
1. Caterpillar → goes to Life Cycle 1, second box
2. Chick → goes to Life Cycle 2, third box
3. Butterfly → goes to Life Cycle 1, fourth box
4. Tadpole with legs → goes to Life Cycle 3, third box
5. Egg in nest → goes to Life Cycle 2, first box

All used!

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Final Answer:

Life Cycle 1 (Butterfly):
Box 2: Caterpillar
Box 4: Butterfly

Life Cycle 2 (Chicken):
Box 1: Egg in nest
Box 3: Chick

Life Cycle 3 (Frog):
Box 3: Tadpole with legs (froglet)