Here's a few activities we do to help children learn about patterns... |
Gluing patterns with collage materials |
Gluing shapes to make a pattern |
Using objects to print a pattern |
Threading coloured macaroni in a pattern to make necklaces |
We also encourage children to design their own patterns using materials found in the learning environment |
Madeleine designed a pattern using wood blocks... |
....she also used pattern blocks... |
...and glued one using junk materials... |
...and drew some |
Other ideas Provide large wooden or plastic beads and shoelaces and encourage children to use the beads to thread a pattern onto the shoelaces. Look at patterns in clothing that the children wear to school We always have a whiteboard available with markers and encourage the children to draw patterns using shapes, numbers, letters etc. We write up patterns and non patterns on the whiteboard and encourage the children to identify all the patterns then all the non patterns |
And Taron painted some... |
Portfolio Activity |
Pattern Lesson Ideas |
Miss G's Australian Kindergarten |
PORTFOLIO TIP - Take photos of patterns that children make out of objects and materials and include these in a "Patterns" page in the portfolio. |
This page was last updated on: April 18, 2009
