Math Concepts: Patterns

Seeing patterns and trying to recognize things that are alike and things that are different is a fun game for children.  Such activities help them develop the mathematical concepts of patterns and relationships.

Try this…

Play Mitten Match or another matching game.  Make pairs of mittens (get them from http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/MittenSizingPatterns.html).   Make different patterns on each pair (shapes, lines, etc.)  Set aside one mitten from each pair and hand out the remaining mitten.  Put one of the mittens you set aside on the table.  Describe what it looks like.  Then ask the child with the matching mitten to put it on the table depending on the ages of the children, you can vary the difficulty by making the patterns more or less detailed and more or less similar.

Information taken from The Early Literacy Kit by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting Visit me on the web at getreadytoreadclub.blogspot.com and see ALL the wonderful things you can do with your preschooler!

Looking for books on math to read to your preschooler?  Ask the librarians at the Matteson Public Library and we can help you find what you need!