From AB to ABC
Start with AB patterns, which most children in preschool can continue. ABB and ABC patterns have a longer repeating part, so children need to hold more in mind. The mixed set is a good check: every row asks them to find the rule again.
Make it physical
Before the sheet, build the same pattern with blocks, claps or children standing in a line. Then the drawing makes sense.
In the MATATAG curriculum
- KinderCreating patterns with local, concrete objects.
- Grade 1Identifying and creating repeating patterns.
- Grade 2Increasing and decreasing patterns.
- Grade 3Finding missing terms in repeating and growing patterns, and explaining the rule.
The picture patterns here are repeating patterns, the Kinder and Grade 1 work. Increasing and decreasing number patterns from Grade 2 are not part of this maker.
The Kindergarten guide asks for patterns made from local materials, so build the pattern first with shells, leaves, bottle caps or beads, then draw it on the sheet.
Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Kindergarten Curriculum Guide and Mathematics Curriculum Guide, Grades 1–10 (2023).
