AABB Pattern with Post Office

What comes next when pictures come in pairs? This AABB pattern worksheet sets up a four-picture unit with post — the first twice, then the second twice — and the child continues it down the train. Working out a paired pattern, where each element repeats together, is deeper pattern-recognition than the shorter units, a foundational Kindergarten readiness skill. The familiar a letter, a stamp and a parcel keep the focus on the pairs.

What sets AABB apart is that nothing comes alone: each picture arrives as a couple. The child reads two-of-this, two-of-that, and continues the doubled blocks. A post train keeps the pairs side by side, and a child practises a four-long unit built entirely from blocks of two.

Children who read the AABB pattern in pairs get faster at spotting where each block of two begins, and finishing the matched couples feels satisfying, a reward for thinking in twos. When this feels easy, try the pattern in aabb pattern with reptiles and amphibians, or aabb pattern with summer. You can also browse every pattern worksheet or the whole kindergarten collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and once thinking in twos comes easily, a child is ready for ABC, with its three different pictures in a fixed order — a fresh kind of challenge.