ABB Pattern with Body Parts

What comes next when the second picture doubles? This ABB pattern worksheet sets up a three-picture unit with body parts — the first once, the second twice — and the child continues it down the train. Working out a pattern where the trailing element repeats is deeper pattern-recognition, and telling it apart from a first-doubled (AAB) pattern sharpens a child's eye for the exact rule. The familiar a hand, a foot and an ear keep the focus on the doubling.

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 body parts 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 breakfast, or abb pattern with clothes. 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.