What You Need
- Paper and marker
AND one of the following:
- Different colored blocks
- Different shaped items (pattern blocks, ball/block,etc)
- Different items that make sounds (can be simply your body parts)
HOW TO
- Give an example of a pattern. (Use a simple pattern to start). Example: Ball, block, ball block.
- Tell– A pattern is something that repeats. It can be a color, shape or sounds that repeats! Example: “It repeats ‘ball, block’ over and over again”
- Create a pattern together: Find two objects and lay them down. Repeat the pattern on the floor. Example: square block,, square, triangle
- Play “What’s next?”: Start a pattern. Child guesses what comes next based on the pattern presented.
Examples: 1.Draw a pattern on paper. Example: Red, Blue, Red, Blue
2. Sound pattern: Clap hands, stomp, clap, stomp
3. Make pattern with objects: banana, orange, banana, orange
Challenge: As the child clearly shows that s/he understands simple A-B patterns (2 objects repeat), teach more complex pattterns.
A-A-B patterns- Example: Red, red, blue, red, red, blue
A-B-C patterns- Example: ball, sock, marker, ball, sock, marker
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