AB Pattern with Fourth of July Things

This Kindergarten pattern worksheet builds an AB pattern with Fourth of July things. Two pictures take turns down a train of wagons — first one, then the other, then the first again — and the child works out what comes next and places it. Reading a simple two-part repeat, like flags, stars and a drum taking turns, then continuing it, is early patterning: noticing the rule a sequence follows and extending it. It is a core readiness skill, with no counting involved.

An AB pattern is the first repeating pattern a child meets, and extending it builds the core idea of patterning: a sequence follows a rule, and you can predict what comes next. For Kindergarten that rule-finding is foundational readiness, and doing it with two alternating Fourth of July things keeps the practice clear and concrete, with nothing to add up.

Children who get the hang of the AB back-and-forth start predicting the next picture at a glance, and finishing a clean alternating train feels satisfying, a small and clear early win. When this feels easy, try the pattern in ab pattern with accessories, or ab pattern with supermarket things. You can also browse every pattern worksheet or the whole kindergarten collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more two-part patterns a child completes, the readier they are for patterns where a picture starts to double — the natural next step up the ladder.