AB Pattern with Thanksgiving

Keep the train going! This Kindergarten worksheet shows an AB pattern of Thanksgiving things — 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 a turkey, a pumpkin and a pie keep every choice about the pattern itself.

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 Thanksgiving things 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 things that fly, or ab pattern with vegetables. 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.