🔢 Maths
Simple Patterns
Ages 3–5You will learn
Spot a repeating pattern and say what comes next.
Before you start
Naming colors and simple shapes.
Quick answer
A pattern is something that repeats again and again in the same order. To find what comes next, find the part that repeats and say it again.
Let’s learn
A pattern is something that repeats in the same order, again and again.
Example
🍎🍌🍎🍌🍎🍌
Say it out loud: apple, banana, apple, banana, apple, banana. The part that repeats is apple, banana. So next comes 🍎.
Patterns can have 3 parts
🔺🔺🟦 🔺🔺🟦 🔺🔺🟦
The part that repeats is triangle, triangle, square.
Try it
Make a sound pattern: clap, tap your knees, clap, tap your knees. Keep going!
Check what you know
Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.
Try this next
Make your own pattern with spoons and forks, or with two colors of blocks. Can a grown-up say what comes next?