All living things grow and change. A life cycle is the pattern of changes from birth to adult and on to having young of their own. Some animals, like frogs and butterflies, change shape completely as they grow.
What your child will learn
- Match baby animals to their adult forms
- Put the stages of a life cycle in order
- Describe how frogs and butterflies change as they grow
- Know that animals and plants have young or make seeds
Amazing changes
A butterfly starts as an egg, hatches into a caterpillar, makes a chrysalis and comes out as a butterfly. A frog starts as frogspawn, becomes a tadpole, then a froglet, then a frog. Other animals, like puppies and kittens, look like small versions of their parents from the start.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. A seed grows into a…
🌱- stone
- plant
- bird
- cloud
Show answer
Answer: plant. Seeds grow into new plants.
2. A baby dog is called a…
🐶- foal
- puppy
- calf
- kitten
Show answer
Answer: puppy. Baby dogs are puppies.
3. A baby cow is called a…
🐄- cub
- kitten
- puppy
- calf
Show answer
Answer: calf. Baby cows are calves.
Tips for grown-ups
- Look at baby photos and talk about how you have changed.
- Watch a time-lapse video of a butterfly or frog life cycle together.