ABB Pattern with Toys

On this sheet the pattern goes first, second, second — an ABB pattern — using toys like a ball, a block and a teddy. 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.

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 toys 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 trees, or abb pattern with winter. 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.