The Preschooler

Finding Patterns

Patterns can be found in many places throughout the day in the life of a preschooler, although many of them may not be obvious.  As you go about your day together, try to help your child recognize patterns in some of the following activities:

• Sharing toys with a friend or sibling.  “I get a turn, and you get a turn.  I get a turn, and you get a turn.”  (This creates an ABAB pattern.)
• Walking up or down stairs is more dramatic than simply walking across the living room floor.  Left foot, right foot.  Left foot, right foot.  (Another ABAB pattern.)
• A traffic light changes from green, to yellow, to red, and then it repeats.  However, you have to be willing to either stand and watch this happen or have your child predict the pattern for himself. (This is an example of an ABCABC pattern.)
• Brushing teeth at least twice each day provides another opportunity to discover patterns.  Up, down, up down and back and forth.  Back and forth.  (ABAB pattern.)
• When sharing things among family members.  (The pattern will be different for each family, and depends upon the number of people in the family.)
• Within music.  Songs create various rhythms using the beat.  (Many different patterns are found in music, and you can also create your own.)

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Written by BRWI Staff on October 21, 2011