AB Pattern with Colors

Keep the train going! This Kindergarten worksheet shows an AB pattern of colors — two pictures repeating in turn — with some wagons left empty for the child to fill. Working out that the two pictures alternate, and which one comes next, is early patterning: the skill of spotting a rule in a sequence and carrying it on. Familiar pictures like red, blue and green things keep every choice about the pattern itself.

The value of an AB pattern is its clarity: two pictures, one simple rule, endlessly extendable. A Kindergarten child practises finding the rule and carrying it forward — the heart of patterning — and the familiar colors keep the focus on the rhythm rather than on figuring out the pictures.

Children who get the hang of the AB back-and-forth start predicting the next picture at a glance, and finishing a clean alternating train feels satisfying, a small and clear early win. When this feels easy, try the pattern in ab pattern with desserts and sweets, or ab 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 two-part patterns a child completes, the readier they are for patterns where a picture starts to double — the natural next step up the ladder.