As part of our homeschool science we observed the butterfly life cycle. I even put together a free butterfly life cycle worksheets to teach preschoolers and homeschool kids about this amazing metamorphoses that takes place. This is a wonderful science experiment to witness in person!

FREE Life Cycle Printables for Kids

• Apple Life Cycle Worksheets
• Sunflower Life Cycle Worksheets
• Salmon Life Cycle Worksheets
• Life Cycle of a Ladybug Worksheets
• Flower Life Cycle Lift-the-Flap
• Plant Life Cycle

Hatching Butterflies with FREE printable

We had SO much fun observing our caterpillars turn into butterflies! I found myself checking their progress many times a day too! As part of our butterfly garden kit we received 5 caterpillars in a container with holes poked in the top and a gel covering the bottom that nourished them.

Butterfly Life Cycle Observations:

We moved the caterpillars to our butterfly garden in preparation for their hatching. Minnie loved to watch them and see if they were butterflies yet. On Day #12 two of the five caterpillars started shaking and we thought they were hatching…. but not yet!

Watching our newly hatched butterflies!

They noticed the red liquid (a result from the color on their wings) and waited excitedly for the remainder of the caterpillars to hatch. We put a sliced orange in for the butterflies to drink. Did you know butterflies don’t actually eat, they just drink through their straw like sucker.

Butterfly Garden Fieldtrip

My favorite site for getting information and showing my kids pictures was The Children’s Butterfly Site.

Butterfly Worksheets

I made the {free} Hatching Butterflies Observation Notebook to go along with our Butterfly Unit. It has information on the butterfly lifecycle, facts about butterflies, and space for your child to write observations and/or pictures along your scientific process. I hope this is helpful to other Preschool and Homeschooling families.