ABB Pattern with Supermarket Things

In an ABB pattern, the second picture comes twice after the first — and that is the rule the child extends on this sheet of supermarket things. The pattern repeats in threes (picture-one, picture-two, picture-two), and the child completes the blank wagons by keeping the second element doubling. Recognizing that it is the SECOND picture that repeats (not the first, as in AAB) is exactly the kind of close pattern-reading Kindergarten readiness builds.

The ABB pattern teaches a child to attend to exactly which picture doubles — the second, not the first. Telling it apart from an AAB pattern sharpens the eye for the precise rule, the rule-finding the Kindergarten mind is building, and familiar supermarket things keep every choice about the doubling.

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 bakery treats, or abb pattern with body parts. 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.