Pattern Power! What Comes Next? Worksheet for Preschoolers
This worksheet builds pattern recognition, an early algebraic thinking skill, as children ages 3-5 study a repeating sequence of shapes, letters, or numbers and figure out what belongs next. Spotting what repeats and predicting what comes after it trains logical reasoning and attention to detail that later transfers directly to math sequences and number patterns.
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Month 4: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4
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- Topic:
- Patterns
- Skill:
- Patterns: Identify and extend patterns.
- Pack:
- Page 14 of 29 in Month 4: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4.
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first pattern row together and say each shape, letter, or number aloud in order. Ask your child what they notice repeating, then have them point to what they think comes next before drawing it in the empty box. Move row by row, checking each pattern by reading it back aloud once it's completed. If a row uses shapes, encourage naming the shape as they draw it.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Make a pattern with snacks, like grape-grape-cracker-grape-grape-cracker, and ask what comes next before eating it.
- 2String colored beads in a repeating pattern and have your child continue it.
- 3Clap out a rhythm pattern (clap-clap-stomp) and ask your child to repeat and extend it.
- 4Take a photo walk around the house looking for repeating patterns in tiles, fabric, or wallpaper.
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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