AABB Pattern with Toys

On this sheet the pattern goes first, first, second, second — an AABB pattern — using toys like a ball, a block and a teddy. The child reads the four-part repeat, where each picture comes in a pair, and fills the empty wagons to extend it. Continuing a paired pattern is foundational Kindergarten patterning, the skill of finding and following a rule, with nothing to count.

AABB moves in matched blocks — two of one, two of the other — a balanced four-beat. The child's task is to fill whichever half of a pair is missing and roll the blocks forward. Reading a paired toys pattern teaches a young learner to see pictures in twos, the grouping that shows up again in more involved patterns later.

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 trees, or aabb pattern with winter. 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.