Ladybug Life Cycle

Ladybugs are gorgeous, little flying creatures that children love to watch make their way around the garden. The Ladybug life cycle, also known as the ladybird lifecycle in some countries, is fascinating! In this ladybug life cycle activity, children will learn about the four stages of the life cycle: the egg, ladybug larvae, pupa and adult. There are also interesting ladybug facts for kids and ladybug book suggestions.

Ladybug Life Cycle

Pair this printable activity with a real life ladybug life cycle activity, like the ladybug growing kit for some hands on fun..It includes a ladybug habitat. We previously did the real life caterpillar to butterfly life cycle activity and it was truly amazing.

Dive into the ladybug life cycle with a printable activity pack that shows you the parts of a ladybug, the ladybug life cycle stages and ladybug facts. Incorporate art, math and sensory exploration.

Explore questions like:

What do ladybugs eat?
Ladybugs are known as a gardener’s best friend because they eat insects that are considered pests to plants. Ladybugs eat Aphids. Aphids are soft bodied insects like mites and white flies.
How long do ladybugs live?
The ladybug lifespan is 2-3 years. After a ladybug lays eggs, those eggs will hatch between 3-10 days. The larvae will then grow for around a month. It will then enter the pupal stage. The adult ladybug can live between 1-3 years.

Pair the activities with the Insect Sensory Bin, as shown above. The bottom of this post contains more ladybug themed activities and ladybug crafts.

Materials Required:

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Here are some items that pair well with these ladybird life cycle activities. You will use each of these items over and over during all my printable preschool activity packs.

Do a Dot Art Markers
Card stock(to print everything out on.)
A pocket chart
Scissors
Write and wipe Dry Erase Pockets
Laminator with pockets (If you want to make it reusable.)
Clothespins (for the clip cards)

Ladybird Life Cycle

This Ladybug Life Cycle pack contains 70+ pages and includes many activities.

Besides being introduced to the life cycle of a ladybug. There are a variety of math activities that help children with counting, skip counting, addition, subtraction and graphing.

There are also quite a few activities that focus just on the life cycle of a ladybug. These include two different life cycle posters, a ladybug life cycle sequencing activity, ladybug information cards and a cut and paste parts of a ladybug activity.

Other activities in this Ladybug Life Cycle Learning Pack include:

Montessori 3 Part Cards
Size Sequencing Cards
Number Puzzles
Number Cards Puzzles
Line Tracing Page
Count and Clip Cards
See and Stamp pages
I Spy Fun
Trace the letters
Story / Creative Writing Pages

WHERE TO GET THIS ACTIVITY

GET THE LADYBUG LIFE CYCLE PACK HERE

Explore all things ladybugs with this Ladybug Life Cycle and Activities Pack for preschool and kindergarten. This resource includes facts, posters and worksheets about the life cycle of a ladybug plus themed literacy, math and fine motor skills activities – perfect for use as center activities during a ladybug or insect themed unit! Activities include cut and paste ordering and labeling worksheets, 3-part vocabulary cards, trace and color worksheets, count and clip cards and so much more!

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