Rainforest Patterns Activity
This rainforest patterns activity has preschool to 1st grade children extend toucan, frog, monkey and flower patterns in a fun spinner game. Answer key included.
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Description
A pattern is a set of things that repeats in the same order, such as toucan, frog, toucan, frog. Spotting what repeats and saying what comes next is an early math and reasoning skill, and this rainforest patterns activity lets preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade children practice it with bright jungle pictures.
Each of the eight pattern strips shows a toucan, frog, monkey and hibiscus flower pattern, such as AB, ABC, AAB or ABB, followed by four empty boxes. Children say the pattern out loud, spin the printable spinner, and place a matching picture piece in the next empty box when their strip needs it. The first player to fill every box wins. A pieces page holds exactly the pieces the strips need, plus blank strips for making a brand-new pattern, and a kindergarten practice worksheet asks children to circle the picture that comes next in five new patterns.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page
- 8 rainforest pattern strips
- A sheet of 32 picture pieces and three make-your-own pattern strips
- A four-picture rainforest spinner
- A kindergarten practice worksheet with five patterns
- Answer keys for the pattern strips and the practice page
Why This Patterns Activity Helps Kids
First, saying each pattern out loud helps children hear the repeating unit before they extend it. Second, moving real picture pieces into the boxes builds the idea that a pattern continues in the same order. Third, the spinner game adds turn-taking and a little luck, so young learners stay excited all the way to the last box.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the rainforest patterns activity at a math center, during a rainforest unit, or as a small-group warm-up. Ask children to clap or stomp each pattern, then build their own with the blank strips for a friend to finish. It also makes a simple preschool patterns activity for home, with no extra materials beyond scissors, a pencil and a paper clip.
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