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Ladybird growing sequence
Draw the stages of a ladybird beetle's life.
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A full sheet of paper and large child-appropriate crayons.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Let's make it happen
- Divide the page into four spaces and draw eggs, an elongated larva, a pupa, and an adult ladybird in order.
- Point to each stage and tell the story: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
- Compare the larva and adult: they look different even though they are stages of the same kind of beetle.
Adult stays beside the child; observe living insects without handling them.