AB Pattern with Winter

Keep the train going! This Kindergarten worksheet shows an AB pattern of winter 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 snow, a mitten and a scarf keep every choice about the pattern itself.

An AB pattern is the first repeating pattern a child meets, and extending it builds the core idea of patterning: a sequence follows a rule, and you can predict what comes next. For Kindergarten that rule-finding is foundational readiness, and doing it with two alternating winter things keeps the practice clear and concrete, with nothing to add up.

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 zoo animals, or ab pattern with 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.