My oldest son, however, was happy to oblige after he returned home from his first morning at kindergarten.

I was satisfied with my Four’s pattern practice in the van and decided not to push it by asking him to do the strips again for a picture ). “Red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, RED!” And “BLUE green green, BLUE green green, BLUE!” It was so fun to hear his high little voice from the back seat. “Do you want to take these in the car on the way to pick your sister?” When he heard that I had more pattern strips for him, my Four’s first response was, “I’m not doing those!” But when he saw that I had cut them apart, laminated each strip, and put them on a metal ring, he was intrigued.

I started with the simplest: ABAB.įinally, I created a set of ABCABC cards. This way my Four would gain comfort and confidence with each pattern. As it turned out, most of the set was too challenging for my Four, and he quickly became frustrated. Last week I printed a set of free bear counter pattern strips that I found on Teachers Pay Teachers. My Four couldn’t resist! Bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers Today I’m sharing a set of free printable bear pattern strips. We’ve been doing a lot of math with our counting bears to go along with our exploration of the Letter B.

Do you have a set of bear counters? Even if you don’t, you can use these 25 free pattern strips with your preschooler!

Sequence card game for preschoolers