AB Pattern with Things That Fly

This Kindergarten pattern worksheet builds an AB pattern with flying things. Two pictures take turns down a train of wagons — first one, then the other, then the first again — and the child works out what comes next and places it. Reading a simple two-part repeat, like a kite, a plane and a balloon taking turns, then continuing it, is early patterning: noticing the rule a sequence follows and extending it. It is a core readiness skill, with no counting involved.

The skill an AB pattern builds is prediction from a rule — the child sees the start of the sequence and works out what must come next. For Kindergarten that is core readiness thinking, and a clean two-picture alternation of flying things rehearses it without numbers, keeping the focus on the repeating rhythm.

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 tools, or ab pattern with vehicles. 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.