Repeating Patterns Worksheets

Repeating patterns are an important part of learning math. Teaching children about repeating patterns is important for their math skills because it helps them understand mathematical concepts such as symmetry, sequencing and algebraic thinking. Repeating patterns also promote critical thinking and problem solving skills, which are important for their overall cognitive development.

• Teaching repeating patterns helps to teach sequencing and predicting and helps students to understand change and show how elements repeat in a logical way. Pattern awareness leads to higher level thinking and helps children with later mathematical skills such as algebra and logic. Patterns show logical connections and teach reasoning skills and later mathematical understanding. Identifying patterns are important in later seeing mathematical relationships and understanding number operations. Pattern awareness helps with spatial thinking and directionality which is so important for young children in both math and reading.

These worksheets show patterns in color and patterns in shapes. The pattern is there and children are just required to fill in the last remaining shape or color in the sequence.

Included is three different PDF printable repeating pattern worksheets. One showing color patterns with beads, one showing color patterns with blocks and one showing patterns with

different pictures.

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