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Exploring How to Make Patterns Using Symbols

Skills & curriculum alignment
Skills & activity types:
  • early numeracy
  • fine motor
  • colouring
  • cut-and-paste

A hands-on Maths tasksheet where children color geometric shapes to complete an AAB pattern, and create a similar paper pattern using tear-and-paste cutouts.

On the sheet

The top box titled 'Colour the shapes' has a sequence of circles and squares in an AAB pattern, with the first three colored in (green, green, purple) and the rest blank for the child to color. The bottom box titled 'Tear and paste' is a blank rectangular area for paper collage work.

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