Simple Patterns
Notice and continue a repeating pattern of colours or objects.
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A pattern repeats in the same order again and again.
In this lesson you will:
- Spot a repeating pattern.
- Say what comes next in a pattern.
- Make a simple pattern with objects.
Look and Say
Place a red cap, then a blue cap, then a red cap, then a blue cap. Say the pattern aloud: red, blue, red, blue. What colour comes next? Red!
- red, blue, red, blue, ...
- big, small, big, small, ...
- circle, square, circle, square, ...
Make Your Own
Use two colours of paper to start your own pattern. Repeat it at least four times. Ask a friend to say what comes next.
Pattern hunt
Look at a woven mat, a striped shirt or a tiled floor. Can you find a part that repeats?
Note Patterns are the beginning of algebra. You are already learning to predict what comes next.
Practice
- Continue this pattern with claps: clap, clap, pause, clap, clap, pause, ...
- Draw a pattern using a circle, a triangle, a circle, a triangle.
- Make a pattern with three colours and ask someone to continue it.
Recap
A pattern repeats in the same order. Once you know the unit that repeats, you can predict what comes next.
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