Digital Grasshopper Life Cycle Activities for Kids
There is no better time to learn about insects than the Springtime. New life is hatching and sprouting all around us during the Spring. Talk about the perfect teachable moment! These Digital Grasshopper Life Cycle Activities For Kids are a fun and interactive way to practice identifying the stages of the grasshopper’s life. You can pair them with more of our digital science activities for more exploration of the cycle of life in the world around you.
Recommended Grade Level:
This digital activity is perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners learning about the life of a grasshopper.
This grasshopper life cycle for kids activity has two different parts. The first is a diagram where you drag and drop the stages to match the pictures.
The second activity is a series of slides with a basic sentence where your child will drag and drop the grasshopper life cycle stage that matches the picture and completes the sentence. This is a wonderful activity for beginning readers!
Teaching Life Cycles to Kindergarten and Preschool Children:
Incorporating these activities into an insect theme for preschool or kindergarten can be very beneficial.
Children love learning about nature and the world around them with this fun bug activity!
Learning about the life of plants, insects and animals around them is a great way for children to build an appreciation for nature and the world around them.
Having an appreciation for nature leads to children that respect and care for the environment.
Life cycle activities for kindergarten and preschool help to teach children how all living things are connected and depend on one another.
Other Life Cycles That Are Prefect For Preschoolers And Kindergartners:
There are many other themes that they will love learning about!
- butterfly life cycle
- apple life cycle
- frog life cycle
- plant life cycle
- ladybug life cycle
- Life of a Penguin
- Life of a Chicken
How To Use This Life Cycle Activity For Kids:
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- When you open the file you can click on the format that you prefer to use: Google Slides®, Seesaw® or upgrade to self-checking Boom Cards®.
- If you are downloading the Google Slides version you will be prompted to “Make a copy”. This is an important step you need to complete to make sure you get an editable version to share with your students!
- In Slides, make sure you are in “Edit” mode, as opposed to “Present” mode. You will see the “Present” button in the upper right-hand corner.
- In Slides, just click on the symbol box to highlight it in blue and drag it when the cursor resembles a plus sign with an arrow on each end.
- If you choose the Seesaw version, click the Seesaw image to instantly add it to your Seesaw library.
- Use the Text tool (click on the large T) to be able to highlight each symbol to move it.
- To upgrade to self-checking Boom Cards®, click on the image in the download PDF to purchase the deck to use with your students.
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- Finally, if you choose self-correcting Boom Cards, remember you must be connected to the Internet in order for the cards to work.
The first slide is a life cycle of a grasshopper diagram where you drag and drop the stages to match the pictures.
Your child will drag each stage name to the part of the diagram it matches.
On the remaining slides, your child will complete the sentence by dragging and dropping the stage that matches the picture shown.
Other Ways To Use This Insect Theme Activity:
- Compare the life cycle of a grasshopper to another insect, like the life cycle of a butterfly.
- Print the pages of this activity to make a grasshopper life cycle book.
- Use this activity with this fun Move Like An Insect Gross Motor Activity.
- Your back yard can be the best place for a field trip and to take a nature walk to try and find grasshoppers.
- Tie sensory learning into your bug theme with this bug theme sensory bin! (Also doubles as a great fine motor activity!)
- For some fun, hands on life cycle activities, check out this play dough ant life cycle activity and this free printable frog life cycle activity!
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