How did Bo know the lost car's color? 🎲 He guessed / 👀 He peeked at Mia / 🚂 He knew the pattern
Which one is not a pattern? 👏🦶👏🦶 clap, stomp, clap, stomp / 🔵🟡🔵🟡 blue, yellow, blue, yellow / 🔵🔵🟡🟢 blue, blue, yellow, green
Which one is a pattern? ⭐🌙⭐🌙 star, moon, star, moon / ☀️⭐🌛☁️ sun, star, moon, cloud / 🐱🐶🐶🐦 cat, dog, dog, bird
Which one is not a pattern? 🔵🟡🔵🟡 blue, yellow, blue, yellow / 🐱🐶🐶🐦 cat, dog, dog, bird / 🐘🐭🐘🐭 big, small, big, small
Words to know
pattern
A part that repeats, in the same order.
repeat
To come again and again.
conductor
The one who drives the train.
Watch out for
Two colors can still make a mess if no part repeats.
A pattern keeps the same order every time.
Say the part out loud to hear if it repeats.
A pattern can be colors, sounds or sizes.
Try it
Is blue, yellow, blue, yellow a pattern?
Yes. The same two colors come round and round.
Is blue, yellow, yellow, green a pattern?
No. No part repeats.
What part repeats in clap, stomp, clap, stomp?
Clap, stomp. That part comes again and again.
Blue, yellow, blue, yellow, blue, and a car rolls away. What color is it?
Yellow. After blue comes yellow.
For grown-ups
With a grown-up, line up socks, blocks or toy cars in a pattern with two kinds, like big, small, big, small. Say the part that repeats out loud. Then ask the grown-up to close their eyes while you take one away, and see if they can say what is missing.
Line up socks, blocks or toy cars in a pattern with two kinds, like big, small, big, small. Say the part out loud, then close your eyes while your child takes one away and see if you can say what is missing.
