https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-5003 Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:32:37 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-5003 I have used books to show patterns. First the book is closed then the book is open, and it continues open, closed, open closed etc.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-4619 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 22:12:33 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-4619 This is a good idea to do patterns with everyday objects. I feel like that will make the children more interested in doing them!

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-2795 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:00:58 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-2795 We use patterns with legos, blocks, crayons, markers…anything! It’s fun to watch kids discover a pattern and tell abouti t.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-2082 Fri, 04 May 2018 00:15:54 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-2082 These are all great ideas! Yes, possibilities are endless! I’m a caregiver of an 11 month old and she points at everything in the house and I tell her what it is. Im helping her to sound the letters out. She also loves clapping and copying sounds and movements. Whenever she points to a picture of an animal, I tell her what it is, sound it out, then I tell her what kind of sound that animal makes by making the sound for her. She loves colors and patterns, and soon she will be able to distinguish between colors and the repeating patterns. Thank you for these examples.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-2033 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:47:53 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-2033 We love to work on patterns during meals. Lots of items to move around on our plates (especially at snack). But we also look at the patterns of the plates around the table or empty/full cups, etc. Makes for great social interactions!

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-1817 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:57:31 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-1817 We have music class on Tuesdays with our toddlers. We do patterns with movements as well as with sounds!

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-1651 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:58:05 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-1651 I use different colored building blocks to teach about patterns. The children make towers or houses with a pattern of colored blocks..

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/the-attributes-of-patterns/#comment-1531 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:00:43 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=4112#comment-1531 The way I learned to teach patterns came from the Building Blocks Math (http://www.buildingblocksmath.org/program) developed by Doug Clements, who was featured in the Intro course for the Gateways to Opportunity-Early Math Counts courses. The process is to introduce the children to the unit of the pattern and have them develop at least three separate sections of the unit. For example, if the unit is red-orange, the students build three separate red-orange units. Once it is established that the units are all the same, the children put the units together to create the pattern sequence. I encourage teachers to try having their students use manipulatives to build units and then construct patterns. You will see firsthand how quickly children comprehend the concept of patterns, once they have concretely experienced it.

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