★Copy and Continue Patterns
Preschool Math Worksheet - Challenge Me
Which picture is missing from the row? Circle the picture.
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Preschool Copy and Continue Patterns worksheets
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About this worksheet
A repeating pattern is not a tidy-looking row. It is a small unit of pictures that happens again and again, and a child has to find that unit before predicting anything. Many preschoolers copy the picture just before the gap, which is right for an AB row exactly half the time and wrong for everything else. The three sheets close that shortcut one step at a time. Ready sheets alternate two pictures with the gap at the end. Practice sheets mostly use a three-picture unit such as apple, apple, drum, so the picture before the gap is no longer a reliable guide, with two plain turn-taking rows to start.
Stretch sheets use three different pictures and move the gap into the middle of the row, where copying a neighbor fails outright and the only method left is to say the unit from the beginning. Point and say the row out loud with your child, clap once for each complete repeat, and start again from the left whenever the rhythm breaks.
What your child will learn
- Find the part of a row that repeats
- Continue an AB, AAB, or ABC pattern
- Say a pattern aloud to hear its rhythm
- Fill a gap in the middle of a pattern
Head Start ELOF standard: P-MATH 7
Worked example
For apple, duck, apple, duck, apple, gap, say the row aloud. The unit is apple then duck, so a duck belongs in the gap.
Common mistake
Copying the picture next to the gap instead of saying the whole row from the start.
Helpful hint
Start at the left and say every picture out loud.
Questions parents ask
What is the most common mistake with copy and continue patterns?
Copying the picture next to the gap instead of saying the whole row from the start.
How can I help my child with copy and continue patterns?
Start at the left and say every picture out loud.
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