This easy level worksheet introduces kindergartners to butterfly life cycle vocabulary through gentle handwriting practice. Children trace the words egg, larva, pupa, adult, grow, and cycle to build letter formation and word recognition. They then complete simple fill-in-the-blank sentences about how a butterfly starts as an egg and becomes a caterpillar. A short true or false section checks whether students understand that a butterfly has four stages and that a caterpillar is not a separate animal.
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Life Cycles of Animals
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word by following the dotted lines.
1. egg
2. larva
3. pupa
4. adult
5. grow
6. cycle
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on the line.
1. A butterfly starts life as an egg.
2. A caterpillar is the larva stage of a butterfly.
3. The pupa is protected by a hard covering called a chrysalis.
4. An adult butterfly can lay eggs.
Part C: True or False
Read each sentence. Circle True or False.
1. A butterfly goes through 4 stages in its life cycle.
True False
2. A caterpillar and a butterfly are the same animal.
True False
3. All animals have the same life cycle.
True False
Life Cycles of Animals
★ Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word by following the dotted lines.
1) egg
2) larva
3) pupa
4) adult
5) grow
6) cycle
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on the line.
1) A butterfly starts life as an egg.
2) A caterpillar is the larva stage of a butterfly.
3) The pupa is protected by a hard covering called a chrysalis.
4) An adult butterfly can lay eggs.
★ Part C: True or False
Read each sentence. Circle True or False.
1) A butterfly goes through 4 stages in its life cycle.
True
False
2) A caterpillar and a butterfly are the same animal.
True
False
3) All animals have the same life cycle.
True
False