Patterns worksheets
Printable kindergarten pattern worksheets: a patterns chart, silly snake color patterns, what comes next, and make your own pattern.
The worksheets
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Patterns Chart
AB, ABB, AAB and ABC patterns made with pictures, with the repeating part boxed.
Silly Snake Patterns
Snakes with A, B and C under each part. Kids color them using the key to reveal the pattern. Fewer uses AB patterns, and More starts with no colors filled in.
What Comes Next?
Picture patterns with a question mark at the end and three choices. Fewer uses AB patterns, More uses ABC and AABB.
Make Your Own Pattern
Strings of beads to color with an AB, ABB, ABC and a free-choice pattern.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
A pattern is something that repeats over and over, like red, blue, red, blue. Spotting and continuing patterns builds the thinking kids use later for counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, and for reading and math in general.
What comes next
Coins.
How to teach it
- Say the pattern out loud. Hearing "red, blue, red, blue" makes it easier to see.
- Find the part that repeats. Put a finger around it.
- Start with AB patterns, then try ABB, AAB and ABC.
- Make patterns with real things like blocks, snacks or claps.
Common mistakes
- Copying the last thing instead of what comes next.
- Losing the pattern partway through a long row. Saying it out loud helps.
- Mixing up ABB and AAB. Point to each part as you say it.