ABB Pattern with Colors

This Kindergarten pattern worksheet builds an ABB pattern with colors. The repeating unit is three pictures long — the first picture once, then the SECOND picture twice — so the rhythm goes first, second, second, first, second, second. The child fills the empty wagons by continuing that rule. Reading a three-part pattern where the SECOND picture doubles (the mirror of AAB) builds careful pattern-awareness, a readiness skill done by looking, not counting.

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 colors 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 desserts and sweets, or abb pattern with farm animals. 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.