AAB Pattern with Household Things

Keep the AAB pattern going. On this Kindergarten worksheet a unit of three household things repeats — the first picture twice, then the second — and the child completes the blanks by extending the rule. Reading a pattern where the opening picture doubles before changing is a meaningful step in patterning, the readiness skill of spotting a rule and carrying it forward. Familiar pictures like a lamp, a chair and a clock keep it about the pattern.

AAB is the "lead-doubles" pattern: the opening picture twice, then a different one. Extending it means holding the position of the double in mind — it sits in the first slot — and applying that along the train. With household things, the front-of-unit repeat stays clear, and a child practises tracking a longer beat than a simple back-and-forth.

Children who can hear the AAB beat — the lead picture twice, then one — get quicker at front-loaded patterns, and cracking the front-loaded rhythm feels good and earns a careful ear its reward. When this feels easy, try the pattern in aab pattern with supermarket things, or aab pattern with more birds. You can also browse every pattern worksheet or the whole kindergarten collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and once the doubled-lead beat is easy, a child is ready for ABB, where it is the second picture that doubles instead — the mirror image of this one.