Patterns everywhere

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 10 minutes

Read together

Red, blue, red, blue. This is a pattern.

What comes next?

Do it

1. Lay out coloured blocks, socks or leaves in a pattern: red, blue, red, blue.
2. Ask your child to point to what comes next. Place it.
3. Make a new one: clap, stomp, clap, stomp. Do it together.
4. Look for patterns at home: stripes, tiles, a fence, a rug.

Talk about it

• What comes next?
• Where did you find a pattern?

For the grown-up

Patterns are the beginning of maths thinking: seeing what repeats and guessing what comes next. Woven mats (banig) and textiles in many cultures show beautiful patterns.

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Where this comes from

This is a play and practice activity with no factual claims to source.

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.