Extend Patterns - Lesson for Preschool, Chapter - Matching and Sorting
In the "Extend Patterns" lesson, preschool students embark on a fascinating journey into the world of early logic and geometry, specifically focusing on Matching and Sorting. Through engaging activities such as the Practice Patterns Worksheet, Shape Pattern Fun Worksheet, Food Pattern Fun Worksheet, and exercises to Identify, Duplicate, and Extend Patterns, learners will acquire fundamental skills vital for their cognitive development.
Students will learn to recognize and establish sequences, an essential aspect of understanding patterns. By identifying similarities and differences, children will improve their observation skills and begin to predict what comes next in a sequence, bolstering their problem-solving abilities. The lesson's emphasis on shape and food patterns not only makes learning relatable and fun but also enhances their visual discrimination skills, crucial for reading and math readiness.
Understanding patterns lays a foundation for mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, and algebra at later stages. It also nurtures critical thinking and logic, as students analyze information and make connections. This lesson, therefore, is pivotal in equipping our young learners with the early logic and geometry skills they need to thrive in their academic journey and beyond.
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Activity 1 / Practice Patterns Worksheet
Kids need to learn how to recognize patterns early on to lay a foundation for future math and critical analysis skills. In fact, it can be said that pattern recognition is amongst the most important skills for kids to learn! Help your little scholar learn to recognize patterns with this cute pattern recognition worksheet, aimed at helping your child to make thoughtful predictions.
What you’ll notice in this worksheet:
• Bright colorful pictures to keep your child engaged. The images on the page will catch your child’s eye to motivate them to look for the pattern.
• Challenging designs and patterns. The patterns include both color and shapes so your child will have to look closely and think deeply about which picture completes the pattern.
Tasks your child with predicting the next image in the sequence. Not only will your child learn to recognize the patterns, but they’ll engage their thinking skills to predict what comes next.
Completing this worksheet will help your child:
• Practice important problem-solving skills;
• Improve pattern recognition skills;
• Develop critical analysis and thinking skills.
What better way to develop one of the most important skills in life than by having fun with bright and catchy pictures? Your child will love honing his or her skills with this vibrant pattern recognition worksheet. Soon, your little learner will be ready for more intricate designs and predictions as they build a foundation for critical analysis skills! -
Activity 2 / Shape Pattern Fun Worksheet
How well can your kids follow a given pattern, and stick to the correct sequence? First, ask your child to look at the pictures in the worksheet and tell you what they see. What are the colors that are repeated in the printout and what about the shapes? Then, ask them if they recognize that a particular pattern comes just after another one. Ask them to circle the shapes that come next if they carefully follow the correct sequence.
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Activity 3 / Food Pattern Fun Worksheet
Do your kids love snacks and treats? Well, they will sure get a kick out of this food pattern fun worksheet. In this worksheet, your child’s task is simply to follow the given pattern, and identify what foods come next. First, ask your child if they can recognize some of the foods pictured in the colorful printout. Then, ask them to observe the pattern of the foods’ arrangement, and circle the food that comes next in each row.
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Activity 4 / Identify, Duplicate, and Extend Patterns - Quiz
This quiz assesses students’ ability to match patterns as being the same and to identify what item comes next in a given pattern.
