Ages 5–6Patterns9 sheets
Pattern worksheets
Spotting what comes next in a row of shapes or numbers is early algebra: the child finds a rule and uses it. On these sheets each answer is used again in the grid, so a wrong guess shows up as a gap in the picture.
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Tips for practising
- Ask the child to say the pattern out loud: “circle, square, circle, square…”.
- Cover all but the first part of the row and let them find the repeating unit.
- Afterwards, let them invent a pattern for you to continue.