Magical Moments in Kindergarten!

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Today was all about PATTERNS!

Today we talked about what a pattern is. We learned that a pattern is something that repeats over and over again.

We made patterns with our bodies (clap, stomp, clap, stomp, clap, stomp)

and patterns with our class (boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl) and then we made patterns with various objects in our classroom.

We discovered that we can make patterns with different colours

(orange, black, orange, black, orange, black),

and patterns with different shapes

(circle, triangle, circle, triangle, circle, triangle).

We can make patterns with different animals (cat, dog, cat, dog, cat, dog),

and patterns with different sizes (big, small, big, small, big, small).

Basically we decided that we can make patterns with anything!

We even made patterns out of the same objects just by laying them down in different ways (straight, side ways, straight, side ways etc.)

We learned that a pattern with 2 parts can be called an AB pattern and we practiced describing our two part patterns as AB patterns.

We got to work making a variety of AB patterns! Some children also made ABC or AAB patterns as well!

Patterning is a foundational skill for mathematic success in the future and a very important part of our Kindergarten curriculum. Today we focused only on two part repeating patterns (ABABAB). In the coming weeks we will explore these more complex patterns as well as 3 part patterns.

Talk about patterns at home and look for some...they are everywhere!! We even made patterns with our snacks!