ABB Pattern with Post Office

What comes next when the second picture doubles? This ABB pattern worksheet sets up a three-picture unit with post — 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 letter, a stamp and a parcel keep the focus on the doubling.

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 post 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 reptiles and amphibians, or abb pattern with summer. 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.