Create and Describe Patterns

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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Try this!

1. Clap your hands.

2. Tap the table with your right hand.

3. Clap your hands.

4. Tap the table with your right hand.

5. Clap your hands.

• Was that a pattern?

Try another one.

1. Stomp your feet.

2. Touch your nose.

3. Clap your hands.

4. Stomp your feet.

5. Touch your nose.

6. Clap your hands.

• What made that a pattern?

Complete another sequence.

1. Clap your hands.

2. Raise your hands.

3. Tap the table.

4. Move your shoulders.

5. Tap the table.

6. Stomp the ground.

• Why was that not a pattern?

Here is a final one.

1. Tap the table with both hands.

2. Clap your hands.

3. Tap the table with your right hand.

4. Clap your hands.

5. Tap the table with your left hand.

6. Clap your hands.

7. Tap the table with both hands.

8. Clap your hands.

• What made that pattern more complex?

There are many types of patterns in our world!

Some are easy to see, and some can be harder to find. There are repeating patterns and growing patterns.

A repeating pattern is easy to find.

Look around the room and see if you can find a repeating pattern. Maybe it is a pattern on a book, the tile on your floor, or the cabinets in your kitchen.

Practice making repeating patterns with the fun song below.

• How is a growing pattern different?

Watch another quick video to find out!

Great work learning about patterns.

Keep going in the Got It? section to make some patterns of your own!