Patterns

Patterning a garden

Our preschoolers explored and created colorful patterns in our paper flower gardens.

Patterning with partners and lids

Patterning with partners is a fun and cooperative way to explore important math and language skills.

Sticky paper turkey dress-up and patterning

Bright and colorful feathers are a fun addition to the preschool classroom. See how we made one turkey happy with this simple and fun sticky paper patterning process.

More buttons, buttons, buttons

Working on our fine motor skills, patterning, and counting as we had more fun with bright and colorful buttons!

Making apple patterns in preschool

Making simple patterns with apples on a sentence strip in preschool!

Making friendship bracelets in preschool

Working together to make new friends as we explored the process of making friendship bracelets in preschool!

Building block literacy and story telling

Building our own stories through block play in circletime…

Everyday math play in preschool

Exploring math everyday in the preschool classroom!

Felt board mitten math in preschool

Exploring a little counting, estimating, and patterning with our felt mittens in preschool.

Exploring color sticks in preschool

Color mixing, constructing, patterning, and exploring our color Popsicle sticks in our preschool classroom!

Feather pen painting in preschool

Feather “pen” painting and making feather patterns in our preschool classroom.

Exploring shapes on the table in preschool

A terrific and simple activity for promoting shapes sorting, matching, and patterning!

Exploring weather patterns in preschool

To extend the weather graphing experience over time, the children help to create a weather caterpillar… Each day, the children add a new circle to their weather caterpillar and discuss the patterns in the weather. As you can see below, the weather pattern is “rainy, rainy, cloudy, cloudy” (AABB)… In the younger classes, the teacher [...]

Making AB patterns in preschool

As we continue to explore the letter K this week, the children worked on practicing their skills for identifying and making AB patterns… Introducing patterns first begins with a hands-on type of activity followed by the activity page. The activity pages we use are usually something I have created on my own computer. They are [...]

Patterning with gumdrops in pre-kindergarten!

I have to say out of all the things I have observed the children do over the past several months, Gumdrop Day was one of the most successful and fun days for me to observe and for the pre-kindergarten children to enjoy! This post is part one of our Gumdrop Day – tomorrow will be [...]

Using lids to play with a purpose in preschool

I have been collecting small lids from milk jugs and juice jugs. I don’t really have a lot but I keep the ones I have saved in a small plastic pickle jar that I saved as well. To the untrained eye, these lids look like… well they just look like lids. But what I see [...]

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