Kindergarten · Math · Unit 5 of 8
Patterns
What comes next?
What your child practises
Spotting the part that repeats in patterns like AB, AAB, ABB and ABC, then predicting what comes next or what is missing.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: A7.1–A7.4 · repeating patterns and their core
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practise.
- A pattern repeats the same part again and again.
- Find the part that repeats.
- Say it out loud to find what comes next.
Example: red, blue, red, blue, red, ? The part that repeats is red, blue. After red comes blue. Answer: blue
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What comes next?
❤️💛❤️💛?- 💙blue heart
- 💛yellow heart
- ❤️red heart
Show answer
❤️ red heart
Hint: Say it out loud: red heart, yellow heart, red heart, yellow heart… What part repeats?
Question 2
What do we do next?
👏👣👣👏👣👣👏👣?- 👣stomp
- 🙌hands up
- 👏clap
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👣 stomp
Hint: Do it with your body: clap, stomp, stomp, clap, stomp, stomp…
Question 3
Which one is a pattern?
- ☀️🌙⭐🌙⭐☀️
- 🌙🌙☀️⭐⭐☀️
- 🌙⭐☀️🌙⭐☀️
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🌙⭐☀️🌙⭐☀️
Hint: A pattern repeats the same part again and again.
Question 4
What comes next?
🍄🌲🌸🍄🌲🌸?- 🌸flower
- 🌲tree
- 🍄mushroom
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🍄 mushroom
Hint: Say it out loud: mushroom, tree, flower, mushroom, tree, flower… What part repeats?
Question 5
Which one is missing?
🍄🍄🌲🍄❔🌲🍄🍄🌲- 🍄mushroom
- 🌸flower
- 🌲tree
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🍄 mushroom
Hint: Say the pattern out loud. What belongs in the ❔ spot?
Question 6
What comes next?
❤️❤️💙❤️❤️💙❤️❤️?- ❤️red heart
- 💛yellow heart
- 💙blue heart
Show answer
💙 blue heart
Hint: Say it out loud: red heart, red heart, blue heart, red heart, red heart, blue heart… What part repeats?