Pattern worksheets.
Six strips with the last shape missing, and three shapes to choose from at the end of each. They climb the way children do: two AB rows, then ABB, then AAB, then ABC. One sheet, and the answers are printed for you and hidden from the sheet.
Ages 3 to 5 · One A4 sheet · No sign-up, no email
What comes next?
Circle the shape that finishes each row
Answers, row by row: circle, star, triangle, diamond, cross, circle.
How to use them.
Read the row aloud with your child before they choose: "circle, square, circle, square, circle …". Saying it is what makes the rule audible, and most children hear the answer before they see it.
If the later rows are too hard, stop at row two. ABB and ABC are four and five year old work, and a child who can only do AB today is exactly where the research says they should be.
Common questions.
- What is an AB pattern?
- Two things that take turns: red, blue, red, blue. It is the first pattern children read, usually somewhere around three, and it is the one every later pattern is built on.
- What age are pattern worksheets for?
- Three to five. A three year old usually manages AB and finds ABB hard. Four and five year olds work through ABB, AAB and ABC, which is the order the six rows on these sheets follow.
- Do I need to sign up or give an email?
- No. Press print, or save as PDF from the print dialog. No sign-up, no email, no watermark.
The same game, endlessly.
A sheet runs out after six rows. Wibbo's What's Next? deals a new strip every round, steps from AB to ABC on its own as your child gets them right, and never shows a level or a score. No ads, no tracking.