Patterns in kindergarten are explained with a video posted below
Children come across many new things once they started with schooling, especially the kindergarten education system will introduce them to a wide variety of concepts to learn. Patterns are loaded with fun among them. When it comes to preschoolers, they are known with primary AB pattern type.
But the patterns in kindergarten are a little deep. We can teach our kids to learn in many different ways.
Children will gain the ability to recognize and create their own patterns through practice. Relate patterns with daily life would be the best practical approach to learn.
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patterns in kindergarten-smart ways to teach
A pattern is a repeated sequence of numbers, shapes, letters, or objects we usually find in kindergarten learning.
I introduced patterns to my daughter by grouping them as below. She had fun in doing this by shapes and colors.
- Copy the patterns
- Continue the patterns
- Missing patterns
- Creating the patterns
- Identify the wrong pattern.
- Relate patterns with daily life
Materials required :
I used colorful markers, small objects available in-home like Legos, Popsicle sticks, worksheet, and a chess board would be a great example to explain patterns.
Before deep dive into patterns, chessboard is one of the good example to relate with real world
1. Copy the patterns
2. Continue the patterns
3.find the Missing patterns
4. Creating the patterns
5.Identify the wrong pattern.
Relate Patterns with daily life
We find a lot of actions that happen every day in our life. Which might be a good example to teach patterns in kindergarten.
Days in a week is an excellent example to relate.