Easter Pattern Match Worksheet: Bunny, Basket, and Egg Fun!
This worksheet has children ages 3-5 study a repeating pattern shown across a set of bunny, basket, and egg images, then identify which item on the right continues or matches that same pattern. Recognizing a pattern by its color or design sequence builds early algebraic thinking, since spotting what comes next is a skill children will rely on throughout math.
Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Look at the row of images together and describe the pattern out loud, noticing which colors or designs repeat. Have your child study the options on the right side of the page and figure out which one continues or matches the established pattern. Once they've made their choice, have them draw a line connecting the pattern to its correct match. Move through each row, describing the pattern fresh each time since they may change from bunnies to baskets to eggs.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Create your own patterns using different colors and shapes at home.
- •Find objects around the house that have similar repeating patterns, like striped socks.
- •Use real plastic eggs to build and extend a color pattern on the floor.
- •Clap out a pattern, like clap-clap-stomp, and have your child repeat and extend it.
- •Decorate a paper basket using a repeating pattern of stickers.
Tips for parents and teachers
Encourage your child to describe the patterns they see, asking questions like 'what color comes next?' or 'what shape is repeated?' to make their reasoning explicit rather than just guessing. If they struggle, point to each item in the pattern one at a time and say its name or color aloud together. Praise pattern descriptions even when the final match is incorrect, since the reasoning process is the real skill being built.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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