ABB Pattern with Household Things

Keep the ABB pattern going. On this Kindergarten worksheet a unit of three household things repeats — the first picture once, the second twice — and the child completes the blanks by extending the rule. Reading a pattern where the trailing picture doubles, and distinguishing it from one where the lead doubles, is meaningful patterning: the readiness skill of spotting the exact rule and carrying it forward. Familiar pictures like a lamp, a chair and a clock keep it about the pattern.

An ABB pattern rewards a child who looks closely enough to catch the doubled trailing picture. Continuing it — and keeping it distinct from a first-doubled pattern — is patterning beyond the basics, the readiness skill of following the exact rule, and the familiar household things keep the doubling clear.

Children who catch the ABB beat — one picture, then a doubled second — get sharper at noticing exactly which picture repeats, and a finished train is satisfying, proof that patient, close looking really pays off. When this feels easy, try the pattern in abb pattern with supermarket things, or abb 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 the more doubled-pattern trains a child finishes, the readier they are for longer, four-part patterns that build on these doubled beats, one rung further along.