Make Your Own Pattern
Make your own patterns! Color the beads on each string with a pattern. Then say your pattern out loud.
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How to do it
- Pick two or three crayons.
- Color the beads with the pattern named on the line.
- Say your pattern out loud.
Teaching tip
Ask your child to read their pattern back to you.
About this worksheet
Strings of beads to color with an AB, ABB, ABC and a free-choice pattern.
What kids practice
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.
Watch for
- 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.
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full patterns guide for kindergarten.
More sheets in this set
- See it all
1. Patterns ChartAB, ABB, AAB and ABC patterns made with pictures, with the repeating part boxed. 
2. Silly Snake PatternsSnakes 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.
3. What Comes Next?Picture patterns with a question mark at the end and three choices. Fewer uses AB patterns, More uses ABC and AABB.