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# Animal Life Stages

Recognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages

Subject: Science · Area: Organisms & Life Processes · Ages 6 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/animal-life-stages-mt_oR6dwRj2Ll

## Ready when they can

- Describe the basic life stages of a human: baby, child, teenager, adult
- Give examples of other animals and their young (e.g. kitten → cat, chick → hen)
- Explain that offspring grow and change as they develop into adults

## Lesson: Animal Life Stages

Every living thing starts small and grows over time. People grow through four life stages: baby, child, teenager, then adult. Other animals grow up too, even though they use different names for their young.

*(drawing: A person's life stages in order: baby, child, teenager, adult.)*

**Example.** A kitten is a baby cat. As it grows, it turns into a full-grown cat. A chick is a baby chicken. As it grows, it turns into a chicken.

**Tip.** A baby animal will not look exactly like its grown-up self. It changes size and shape as it grows, but it is always the same animal.

**Recap.** Animals, including people, grow through life stages and change as they become adults.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [How Animals Have Babies](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/how-animals-have-babies-mt_-vsLvsxp0L)
- [What Living Things Need](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/what-living-things-need-mt_L1469gt34A)
- [Naming Common Animals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/naming-common-animals-mt_zVLOm6U7bh)

## Opens up

- [Life Cycles of Organisms](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/life-cycles-of-organisms-mt_4IVWRAZoNC)
- [Drawing Life Cycle Diagrams](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/drawing-life-cycle-diagrams-mt_7EqhgErJyU)
- [Offspring resemble parents](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/offspring-resemble-parents-mt_cEzX5r7kp0)
- [Inheritance Vocabulary](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/inheritance-vocabulary-mt_h4abSktujo)
- [Human Reproduction](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/human-reproduction-mt_tQkCzRcWG7)