Look at this tiny egg. What do you think it might become? How could something so small end up looking completely different?

Today's words:

Life cycle: the stages an animal goes through as it grows and changes, then starts again.

Stage: one clear part of that story, where the animal looks or lives differently.

A butterfly starts as a tiny egg. What do you wonder about how it grows?

Your group has two sets of cards, but start with the butterfly ones only, and leave the frog cards face down for now. Lay the butterfly cards out in a line, from the egg at the start to the adult at the end, and talk about where each one belongs before you decide.

When your butterfly line is settled, open the frog cards and build that line the same way. Be ready to show your lines to the class and tell the story along them.

Help us build the butterfly life cycle on the board. Call out which stage comes next. We will place egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult butterfly in order so the arrows make a loop.

Help us build the frog life cycle on the board. Call out which stage comes next: frogspawn, tadpole, froglet, adult frog.

If your group ordered the frog cards, check whether your line matches. If you worked on butterfly only, follow along and help us place each stage.