AB Pattern with Kitchen Tools

On this Kindergarten pattern sheet, kitchen tools repeat two-by-two in an AB pattern — one picture, then another, then the first again — and the child places pictures in the blank wagons to extend it. Reading that two-part repeat and predicting the next picture is early patterning, the core readiness skill of finding and following a rule. Familiar pictures like a spoon, a whisk and a pan keep the focus on the alternating pattern.

An AB pattern teaches a child that order is not random — there is a rule, and the rule predicts. Recognizing and continuing the two-part repeat is early patterning, a readiness skill that reaches across every subject. With kitchen tools pictures the practice stays concrete and the alternation easy to follow.

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 everyday objects, or ab pattern with pets. 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.