Make a Pattern

Build a pattern and tell its rule.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 43

You can make your own pattern! Pick a part to repeat, like heart, star. Then do it again and again: heart, star, heart, star.
Every pattern has a rule: the part that repeats. The rule here is frog, frog, bunny.
Your turn! Make the pattern green, purple. Tap the pictures to fill all the boxes.
Is this a pattern? Red, blue, blue, red, red, blue. No! Nothing repeats in the same order.
Try it with a grown-up! Make a pattern with spoons and forks, or socks, or blocks. Tell the grown-up your rule.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

K.PAR.6.1 — Create, extend, and describe repeating patterns with numbers and shapes, and explain the rationale for the pattern.