A couple of days ago, we walked out of our back door to find a huge praying mantis bobbing back and forth on the outside wall of our house.I created this Praying Mantis Life Cycle Printable Pack to learn more about the life cycle of this amazing creature that we had just observed. Have you seen them before? They are so cool to watch and hold. This one we saw was huge and the boys spent a lot of time sitting watching this fascinating creature. I like taking real life experiences to turn into the theme of activities that we do. This was the perfect opportunity to introduce a life cycle activity to my kids.

PRAYING MANTIS LIFE CYCLE PRINTABLE PACK
This printable activity set is excellent for children of any ages. Kids of all ages will enjoy learning about the life cycle of praying mantis specifically. We have also included math and literacy activities with a praying mantis theme that may be more suitable for children in preschool or kindergarten.
Get your young learners excited about all things praying mantis with this life cycle printable activity pack! With over 70 pages of literacy, math, and fine motor activities, learners will explore the praying mantis with printable worksheets, cut and paste activities, puzzles and much more. This engaging pack about the life cycle of the praying mantis is perfect for preschool and kindergarten learners and is provided in both color and black and white formats where possible to cater for your individual printing needs.
What’s included in this Praying Mantis Life Cycle Printable Activity Pack?
- Life Cycle Information
One page mini poster, mini book and information cards. - Cut & Paste Activity
Students order the stages of the life cycle in pictures. - Picture & Word Puzzles
Four-piece picture puzzles and match the word to the picture. - Fine Motor Skills Activities
Trace the lines, Do-A-Dot pictures, word tracing and cutting practice. - Alphabet Activities
Trace the uppercase and lowercase letters, Do-A-Dot letter identification activity and alphabet flashcards. - Praying Mantis Vocabulary
Three-part picture and vocabulary cards and match the picture to the vocabulary word worksheet. - Pattern Activities
Including What Comes Next? and Finish the Pattern cut and paste activities. - Game
A fun graphing game using a praying mantis themed picture dice. - Counting Activities
Count the objects and write the number, counting pattern puzzles and count and clip cards. - Writing Activities
Praying mantis-themed writing pages with dotted thirds and pictures of each stage of the life cycle. - Dramatic Play
A cute set of praying mantis themed puppets – simply print and add a paddlepop stick! - PLUS: Praying Mantis Math Activities
Size sequencing cards, numbers 1 to 10 picture flashcards and more!
How to use this Praying Mantis Life Cycle Printable Activities Pack?
Some great ways to incorporate these praying mantis themed activities into your classroom include:
⭐ As part of your morning work
⭐ During literacy centers including dramatic play, writing centers and fine motor skills development
⭐ With small groups of students to develop a specific skill in an engaging format, e.g. fine motor skills or letter identification
How to prepare this Praying Mantis Life Cycle Activity Pack?
This pack includes no-prep worksheets and a range of activities that once prepared, are reusable again and again. Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs. In addition to this resource, a number of materials are suggested to best engage students and get the most out of each and every learning task.
Suggested materials:
✏️ Coloring materials
✏️ Scissors
✏️ Pegs
✏️ Glue
✏️ Paint
✏️ Bingo markers
✏️ Push pins
✏️ Paddlepop sticks
This Praying Mantis Life Cycle Printable pack contains over 70 pages and includes many activities.
Since my kids wanted to learn more about Praying Mantises, I included a life cycle chart. This chart helps kids see the progression of this incredible insect. Whether your kids love to seek out and hold insects or not, this will be interesting! My daughter gets the geebies super quickly when it comes to bugs, and she still enjoyed this activity!
To add an element of hands on learning, we included a cut and paste praying mantis life cycle activity and life cycle book. We can show them the life cycle chart over and over but when they get in and start working with the activity, they will truly start to learn it. The book contains fun facts, life like pictures and is fun to read!
When I create activity packs, I like to focus on activities that my kids already enjoy. For instance, you can’t keep puzzles away from my daughter. She LOVES puzzles. My son on the other hand would rather play I Spy games or color. I have included activities like these that all work around the praying mantis theme. Your child will learn about Praying Mantis facts with the information cards. They will also learn about Praying Mantis eggs and how the Praying Mantis egg sack hardens.
To incorporate math and literacy, I have also included number cards, number line activities, writing prompts, and more. This is an all around excellent activity pack with a super fun spring theme!
Where to get this activity pack?
Thank You for the praying mantis ideas and worksheets