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What comes next?
🌸flower🍎apple🔁again❓next
What comes next?
The big ideaFind the part that goes again and again.

How it works

Find the part that goes again and again.

A pattern repeats: flower, apple, flower, apple.

Say the pattern out loud to find what comes next.

flowerappleflowerappleand around again
A pattern that repeats.

Example 1: Find what's missing

  1. Flower, apple, flower, apple, ?, apple.
  2. The pattern goes flower then apple.
  3. The missing one is a flower.

Example 2: A bigger pattern

  1. Square, square, triangle, square, square, triangle.
  2. The part that repeats is square, square, triangle.
  3. Next comes a square.

Example 3: Make one

  1. Make a pattern with two colours of blocks.
  2. Red, blue, red, blue.
  3. Then say what comes next.

Words to know

pattern
Something that goes again and again.
next
The one that comes after.

Watch out

Try it

  1. Red, blue, red, blue, what comes next?
  2. Cat, dog, cat, dog, what comes next?
  3. Clap, tap, clap, tap, then?
  4. What is a pattern?
Answers: 1. red · 2. cat · 3. clap · 4. something that goes again and again
For grown-upsMake a pattern with socks or spoons and let your child continue it.
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