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Mathematics · Preschool

Repeating Patterns

Sun, moon, sun, moon: children find the part of a pattern that repeats, say what comes next, and build the next pieces themselves. They then copy a pattern with different pictures and spot mistakes, and make a pattern with blocks or body positions at home.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 25 minutes
  • Pattern check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Tell a repeating AB pattern from a row with no pattern, and say the part that repeats.
  • Extend an AB pattern by saying or placing what comes next.
  • Copy an AB pattern with different objects, and find a mistake in a pattern.

Lessons

  1. What repeats? 5 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. What comes next? 5 steps3 practiceabout 8 min
  3. Copy it and fix it 5 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
  4. Pattern check 4 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Paint by AnswersSolve each space, dip your brush and watch a picture come to life.
  • Shape PicnicSet up Olly's picnic by putting every shape on its matching outline.
  • Number TrainAll aboard! Load exactly the right number of animals onto the train.

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