ABB Pattern with Easter

On this sheet the pattern goes first, second, second — an ABB pattern — using Easter things like an egg, a bunny and a basket. The child reads the three-part repeat, where the second picture comes twice, and fills the empty wagons to extend it. Continuing a pattern with a doubled trailing element — not a doubled opening one — is foundational Kindergarten patterning, the skill of finding and following the exact rule.

Spotting that the second element repeats after the first trains careful pattern-reading: the child holds a three-part rule and notices where the double falls. For Kindergarten that is meaningful readiness, and a doubled-second Easter things pattern rehearses it cleanly, with no numbers in the task.

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 feelings, or abb pattern with fruits. 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.