Materials
Teddy Grahams – two different flavors
Small container for 15-20 teddy grahams
Work space or plate
Directions
Pour several of each flavor of teddy grahams into the small container. Talk with your child about what a repeating pattern is and encourage your child to copy, extend, and/or generate simple pattterns. Lay a simple pattern out on a plate or on the table using the two kinds of teddy grahams. You migh start with an ABAB pattern. Toddlers may be invited to copy the simple pattern that you have created. As your young preschooler grows in his understanding of patterns, encourage him to extend a pattern that has been started or generate new patterns. Always ask your child to verbally repeat the patterns that have been created.