10 Plant animal insect life cycles foldable sequencing activities cut and paste

Explore a variety of plant and animal life cycles with this resource bundle of fun, foldable activities. These cut-and-paste sequencing printables are a hands-on alternative to science worksheets and are differentiated so you can use the templates best suited to your learners.

Use them for your seasonal science centers, interactive notebooks, or year-round learning about animal and plant life cycles.

There are 10 life cycles included in this resource:

• Sunflower (plant)
• Pumpkin (plant)
• Bean (plant)
• Butterfly (insect)
• Turtle (reptile)
• Chicken (bird)
• Ladybug (insect)
• Honeybee (insect)
• Apple (plant)
• Frog (amphibian)

Instructions for students, including picture guides showing where to fold, are included in each pack.

For each animal or plant, students can color a template, sequence the life cycle stages, glue them in place, cut and fold. Easy-cut templates are included for those who might be less confident with scissors.

Benefits of these activities:

• Low prep
• Children learn about life cycles in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet.
• Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding.
• Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing.
• Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity.
• Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children.

What other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️What I loved about this resource was that it reinforced our science lessons and the activities could be completed independently in a center. The students loved them.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I use these in my different classes I sub all the time to help supplement my Ag In The Classroom themes! The students love it and enjoy making them.