Kindergarten pattern activities for your math centers! WOW! This pack has 20+ hands-on pattern activities, so every child gets excited to learn about patterns with a wide variety of engaging centers.

Children copy, continue and create repeating patterns at seven levels, from simple AB patterns all the way to ABAC. Pattern pictures, clip cards, sorting cards, a pattern board game and pattern grid games keep the practice playful, while "I can" prompts guide each child from copying a pattern to creating one on their own.

With this kindergarten pattern pack, you get

• 20+ hands-on pattern activities in one pack
• 7 pattern sets for AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD, AABB and ABAC patterns
• Copy, continue and create cards in every pattern set
• Clip cards, sorting cards, a board game and grid games
• Every activity in both color and black and white

Print, prep once and your pattern centers are ready to go!

What's Included

• 7 Pattern Sets for the patterns AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD, AABB and ABAC. Each pattern set includes:
  • "I can copy an AB pattern" pattern prompts
  • "I can continue an AB pattern" pattern cards
  • "I can create an AB pattern" (with guidance) pattern cards
  • "I can create an AB pattern" (without guidance) pattern cards
  • Pattern pictures
  • Pattern Clip Cards
  • Pattern Sorting Cards
  • Pattern Board Game
  • Pattern Grid Games
• All activities in both color and black/white, so you can use this pack no matter what your printing abilities are

Why Teachers Love It

• Seven levels in one pack: AB through ABAC sets let children grow from simple to more complex patterns all year.
• A clear path for every child: Copy, continue and create cards (with and without guidance) build pattern skills one step at a time.
• Same activities at every level: Each pattern set has the same types of activities, so children know what to do as they move up.
• Games kids love: The pattern board game and grid games make pattern practice feel like play.
• Easy to print: Every activity comes in color and black and white.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Copying patterns: Children build a pattern that matches the one on the prompt.
• Continuing patterns: Children decide what comes next and extend the pattern.
• Creating patterns: Children make their own patterns, first with guidance and then without.
• Pattern types: Children work with AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD, AABB and ABAC patterns.
• Finding the pattern rule: Children notice the part of the pattern that repeats.
• Sorting patterns: The pattern sorting cards give children practice looking closely at each pattern as they sort.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Following directions
• Making and checking predictions
• Taking turns
• Working independently
• Maintaining attention
• Using mathematical language

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the pattern set that fits each group, starting with AB. Print the activities in color or black and white, laminate for durability and cut apart the cards.

Step 2: Introduce the pattern with the pattern pictures and the "I can copy" prompts. Model how to copy and continue the pattern in a small group.

Step 3: Set the clip cards, sorting cards, board game and grid games out in your math centers. Move children from the copy prompts to the continue cards and then the create cards, adding new pattern sets as they are ready.

Easy Differentiation

Kindergarteners come to patterns with very different skills. These activities are easy to adjust for each child.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the AB pattern set
• Use the "I can copy" prompts before moving to continue cards
• Say the pattern aloud together before adding the next piece
• Use the create cards with guidance

For On-Level Practice

• Use the continue cards with the AAB, ABB and AABB sets
• Play the pattern board game with a partner
• Complete the pattern clip cards in math centers
• Ask children to tell what comes next and why

For an Extra Challenge

• Move to the ABC, ABCD and ABAC pattern sets
• Use the create cards without guidance
• Sort the pattern sorting cards from more than one pattern set at a time
• Have children make a pattern for a partner to continue

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Practice position words such as next, after and repeat
• Use a simple sentence frame such as "Next comes ___"
• Let children point to or place the next piece when speaking is hard
• Offer fewer cards at a time to reduce visual clutter
• Give extra processing time and model each pattern first

Perfect For

• Kindergarten math centers
• Small groups
• Partner games
• Independent work
• Intervention groups
• Early finishers
• Substitute plans
• Homeschool

Standards

Repeating patterns are named in the Virginia Math SOL (2023) for kindergarten and 1st grade and in the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, so these activities support:

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.3: Recognize, copy, extend and create patterns, a strong review for children just starting kindergarten.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.a: Identify and describe the core found in repeating patterns, such as the AB in an AB pattern.
• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.b: Extend a repeating pattern by adding at least two complete repetitions of the core.
• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.c: Create and describe a repeating pattern using pictures.
• VA SOL Math 1.PFA.1.a: Identify and describe repeating patterns at every level from AB to ABAC.
• VA SOL Math 1.PFA.1.c: Create repeating patterns with the "I can create" cards.

Add the Pattern Pack | Kindergarten Math to your cart and have 20+ hands-on pattern activities ready for your math centers. Print, play and watch your kindergarteners copy, continue and create patterns with confidence!

This pack is part of the Year Long Kindergarten Math Growing Bundle: Check out the Year Long Kindergarten Math Growing Bundle here

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